UP 3016 leads a trio of EMD engines on the Eastbound Salt Lake City to Denver manifest train. The engines are covered in "tunnel grime" from the Thistle Tunnel back in Utah.
Departing out of Grand Junction, the Missouri Pacific Heritage engine is just starting the journey down the North Fork Branch with an empty coal train heading for the W. Elk Mine. The Book Cliffs... (more)
Heading Westbound just West of the siding at Range on the Dotsero Cutoff, the MOP Heritage engine heads through the haze from wildfire smoke.
The Missouri Pacific Heritage engine leads a BNSF and UP on this Westbound empty coal train as it approaches Akin Siding. The Roan Cliffs are barely visible in the background due to smoke in the a... (more)
Freshly repainted UP #7310 emerges out of the shadows into one of the only pockets of sunlight deep in Glenwood Canyon.
The Missouri Pacific Heritage engine is the rear DP on this empty coal train as it travels Eastbound on the N. Fork Branch, heading to get loaded at the W. Elk Mine.
An unusual BNSF Eastbound empty Oil train is using Union Pacific trackage rights and is seen following along the Colorado River at the East switch at Tunnel siding in De Beque Canyon.
Santa Fe #5346, SD45-2 B-unit #5513, C30-7 #8096 and GATX (ex-Soo Line) SD40-2 #9349 head Eastbound and are just about to enter Abo Canyon.
UP #5685 pulls up the "Payne Sag" Between Hotchkiss and Delta.
UP #7829 heads through Hotchkiss and past an old dairy farm.
The going away shot of the rear DP's on the UP 8416.
A pair of EMD models lead this empty coal train at the East switch at Bridgeport as it heads to the W. Elk Mine located at the end of the N. Fork Branch.
Chicago & North Western #8541 in the Zito yellow scheme leads a pair of Union Pacific engines on a loaded coal train.
BNSF's Westbound trackage rights train approaches Grand Jct.
Santa Fe #2747 leads another GP30 and a pair of GP35's Westbound down Cajon Pass as some people with their dogs enjoy the water in Cajon Creek.