With minutes before the sun crests the horizon, Amtrak #48 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr past Barr Lake on the Brush Sub.

UP 2001 (SD70M) brings some sand cars to a small industrial area south of Brighton, Colorado.

UP 2001, an SD70M painted in the special Olympic Torch Relay scheme for the 2001 Salt Lake City winter Olympics, meets a northbound UP coal train on the Greeley Sub.

As the sunrise peaks over the tracks, BNSF 6402 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal train past the cattails growing at Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado.

BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) leads a small oil can train through the signals at west Barr Lake on the Brush Sub. It will take the cars to one of the refineries located in Commerce City, Colorado.

BNSF Heritage in Urbana

Shadows converge under E470 near Brighton, CO for what would seem to be an on stage presentation of BNSF’s 25th Anniversary heritage fleet. Here 6017... (more)

A group of young railfans create a photo line to capture the scene of UP 1983, the Western Pacific heritage unit, meeting an inbound Green River, UT to North Yard (Denver), CO manifest train at Br... (more)

UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage unit, leads the North Platte, NE to North Yard (Denver), CO manifest races out Brighton after performing a crew swap due to the crew going "dead".

Possibly the best grab of 2020...

Amtrak 139 (P42DC) passes Barr Lake at dawn as it heads towards Denver, Colorado.

Amtrak 174 leads the California Zephyr towards Denver as the sun comes up through smoke from the numerous wildfires in the state.

Amtrak 48 leads train number 5 past a golden sunrise at Barr Lake as it heads to Denver, Colorado.

Webb Asset Management #1216 (SW1200) shuffles some heavy four-truck flat cars at the Vestas windmill plant in Brighton, Colorado. This critter was built in 1966 as a SW1200 for HTB (Houston Belt ... (more)

A BNSF Z train lead by 7161 (ES44DC) runs eastbound on the Brush Sub through Brighton, Colorado, passing between trees and a stalk of sunflowers growing on the overpass that spans the tracks.

AMTK 15 (P42DC) passes Barr Lake in Brighton on its way to Denver, Colorado. Due to a large wildfire blocking the route through the Rocky Mountains, Amtrak will divert north to Wyoming and over t... (more)