Union Pacific’s west local is eastbound at mile 14.5 west of Leyden, Colorado, on July 8, 2012. The Front Range of the Rockies is in the background, and is cloaked in ominous looking clouds.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s MDENSTO (Denver to Stockton, California, manifest) freight curves over the east switch at Leyden, Colorado, on October 9, 1999. Powering the westbound freight is S... (more)
Union Pacific’s West Local returns to Denver heading downgrade at mile 14.5 west of Leyden, Colorado, on July 8, 2012. Three rebuilt GP40-2s (two rebuilt from Southern Pacific GP40s, while one i... (more)
The sun rises directly over the Denver skyline, just a blip on the horizon from this vantage point about 16 miles away. Below, a coal train is stretched out over Big Ten Curve as it begins the cli... (more)
Leaving the flatlands of eastern Colorado and the Denver skyline quickly behind, an empty UP coal train storms uphill back toward the mines deep in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Though not ea... (more)