With the City of Denver skyline on the horizon and wildflowers in bloom in Coal Creek Canyon, UP 6271 (ES44AC) shoves an oil can towards Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

BNSF 8424 (SD70ACe) runs light with a mate through Greenland, Colorado on the Joint Line.

A minor battle won, having topped the hump coming east out of Abingdon this mixed, semi local, that works the major yards, is beginning to get a little roll on as it progressed across the Old Domi... (more)

An empty Union Pacific coal train heads north (railroad west) back to North Antelope Mine to get refilled with two UP motors working as DPU motors.

A Union Pacific loaded coal train slowly traverses over the undulating territory of the Powder River Basin between Bill and Douglas, WY.

BNSF 8400 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train towards Hudson, Colorado as it runs west on the Brush Sub.

BNSF 9264 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train towards storm clouds as the train runs west on the Brush Sub through Keenesburg, Colorado.

BNSF 9138 (SD70ACe) runs north through Larkspur, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8470 (SD70ACe) runs over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.

BNSF 9197 (SD70ACe) runs west on the Brush Sub through Tonville, Colorado.

BNSF 9080 & 9167 shove on an eastbound coal train.

As a nice sunset occurs, the CNW heritage unit leads WGWG East under the old coal chute in De Kalb.

Manned swing helpers assist a loaded coal train bound for Intermountain Power following the Price River on the climb to Soldier Summit

There is a lot to see in this picture of the yard at the BNSF Denver engine servicing facility, including an ACe BNSF 8579, two armored cabooses of the Department of Energy, a special container ve... (more)

If you like watching SD70ACe motors muscle loaded coal trains through Colorado, make sure you railfan on the Joint Line between Denver and Pueblo, where coal from North Dakota is moved to the sout... (more)