UP 3394 led EMD 9090 and BNSF 8272 on this Granite switcher. Here the train is northbound on the transfer track from UP's Overland Route to BNSF's Front Range Sub, roughly 7 hours after the train ... (more)

UP 7605, a Union Pacific gevo in GE Demo paint, makes its way east on a stack train bound for Global 1. Here it passes UP 5958, which was stopped to let a westbound ahead of it clear the blocks.

For the first time since the late 80s/early 90s, the Great Western Railway of Colorado ran a Christmas passenger special, this one carrying Santa Claus to Boardwalk Park in Windsor. After the trai... (more)

Every summer, Operation Lifesaver runs trains on the Greeley Sub and in the Greeley area. On this day, they were taking the Fort Collins branch from LaSalle to Fort Collins to run there. The power... (more)

On June 10, 2007, BNSF ran an Employee Appreciation Special on the Front Range Subdivision from Denver to Cheyenne, then on the 11th they ran it from Cheyenne to Casper. Here it's passing the seld... (more)

After meeting 3 northbounds, BNSF 9675 south pulls onto the then-single track section between Bonner and the top of the hill at Angora. This section of track has since been double tracked.

A UP gevo leads a former C&NW AC44 downhill just below Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. This train would meet Amtrak at newly-renamed Eisele siding, which used to be Clay.

After BNSF 1070 picked up the ballast cars from the siding in Loveland, it proceeded south through the work zone repairing the Front Range Sub near MP 60. Here it crosses the section of track that... (more)

Continuing at walking speed, BNSF 1070 starts across the part of the line that was washed out by the Big Thompson River flood.

UP 844 leads the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days train through the signals at the south end of Platteville siding. UP has been doing work on this part of the former Denver Pacific, meaning the telep... (more)

After making a short pickup in the Great Western yard, BNSF 1933 leads the Longmont switch back to the mainline to connect back on the rest of its train and head back to Longmont. Note the wooden ... (more)

Something the Cumbres & Toltec is trying this year is a weekly train run on Sundays, called the Sunday Express. It starts at Chama, runs up the 4% to Cumbres, where the passengers get a picnic lun... (more)

Once C&TS train 215 arrived in town, a moonlight special departed Chama en route to Osier, where the riders would enjoy a steak dinner and wine tasting before returning to Chama, which would not h... (more)

After a long 63-mile ride from Antonito, C&TS train 215 arrives at the depot at Chama for the passengers to get off the train. Sitting on track 1 is the Thomas special, which had finished running ... (more)

C&TS 488 leads a Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec special train that ran from Chama to Cumbres for a meeting of the Friends. One of the members of the Friends passed away in February, so shortly af... (more)