Amtrak Above the Clouds The weather in the Denver-Metro area is weird this morning. Once or twice a year, the ground is warm enough and the air cools enough overnight to create a layer of ... (more)

Loaded oil train OXPSJ-24 is seen heading East toward Denver coming down the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains on the Union Pacific Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The train is seen rounding Big-Ten C... (more)

Heavy snow in Wyoming called for the Jordan Spreader DRGW AX-41to be moved from Colorado's west slope to Denver and then eventually Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The Union Pacific pulls a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Jordan Spreader towards Denver and will eventually run it all the way to Cheyenne, Wyoming to help with heavy snows.

A trio of BNSF units is leading the Denver-Provo and is about to disappear behind the rock face as it enters Tunnel 1. The train is making its way up the 2% grade from Coal Creek Canyon, through t... (more)

Near the east end of Leyden, an eastbound BNSF manifest is holding the main at Leyden. The exact reason for stopping was not apparent as the train had an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal... (more)

UP 6789 (AC4400CW) leads a freight towards Arvada, Colorado on its way to the North Yard in Denver.

A rare morning thunderstorm, currently over the City of Boulder, creates some amazing contrast in the sky as partly cloudy skies dominate to the east over the plains. Under the unusual skies, we f... (more)

Snow and freezing temperatures cover the tracks as UP 8070 (ES44AC) muscles a loaded coal train past the sculpture called 'Cold War Horse', which acknowledges the former Rocky Flats plant that bui... (more)

A manifest approaches Blue Mountain Road

The Rocky Mountaineer crawls across the Highway 72 overpass, lined behind Amtrak to Denver

It is a beautiful afternoon on the final day of April for 2023 as a unit UP oil train descends from Big Ten Loop, through the S-Curve, toward the west switch of Rocky. The terrain is starting to g... (more)

The Beer Train runs through Arvada, Colorado as it heads to Golden and the Coors Brewery.

Although faded, Jordan Spreader DRGW AX-41 still carries the yellow paint of the fallen Denver & Rio Grande Western flag. The Union Pacific moved the vintage spreader from the west slope of Color... (more)

There isn't a cloud in the sky on this chilly February morning as the westbound Zephyr, running about 30 minutes late, climbs toward Tunnel 1 in a snowy winter wonderland. The lack of cloud cover ... (more)