Westbound grain loads swim 'down stream' along the northern bank of the Humboldt River at the east end of Palisade Canyon. The EMD powered train is running on Southern Pacific rails while those of... (more)

AZER 4009 is interchanging with the Freeport McMoran at Clifton.

Union Pacific SD70AH #1943 'The Spirit of Union Pacific' leads a Denver to Grand Junction officer special across the Colorado River along the ex D&RGW Dotsero Cutoff.

Storms brew at Cienega Creek and the railroad sure needs to get things moving again quickly. I say that because, this shot is an uncommon EB power move on top track because the 3rd engine (a c40-8... (more)

A ubiquitous BNSF GEVO with a ubiquitous Joint Line coal drag rolls down main one on the south side of Littleton, CO.

A golden sunrise provides a colorful backdrop to a RTD commuter train heading from Denver to Westminster, Colorado.

The eastbound California Zephyr exits Moffat Tunnel a few minutes ahead of schedule, as the sun sets on the first of the yellow aspens.

The California Zephyr rolls along the Colorado River on a beautiful summer day.

A friendly wave from the Conductor as Kansas City Southern #4162 leads this Westbound Union Pacific empty coal train. It is about to head into Ruby Tunnel and then will follow along the Colorado R... (more)

Norfolk Southern #7588 brings up the rear on this Union Pacific Eastbound loaded coal train as it approaches De Beque with the Roan Cliffs in the background.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight climbs out of Clay, Colorado, on the morning of July 5, 2003. Pushing on the rear of the westbound train is a pair of former BN Cascade green EMD SD... (more)

On September 5, 1995, a Southern Pacific coal train grinds up the steep 3% grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, in a view of “Kindig’s Curve.” On the point of this 105-car unit tra... (more)

Mainly a lumber train and some tank cars climbing out of the sag just west of the Winslow yard. Winslow is crew change point. I-40 is in the background.

A rainbow of locomotives power BNSF’s Pasco to Kansas City freight west of Avon, Montana, at 11:10 a.m. on September 12, 2010. Powering the 80-car train eastbound toward a climb over Mullan Pass... (more)

With some recent moisture, even the grasses on the front range mountains have started to turn green. On the afternoon of May 4, 2018, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr descends the trackage t... (more)