Twilight of The Coal Burner

After 143 years of near continuous use of coal-burning power on the Silverton Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, fireman John Hillier thro... (more)

Crescent, Colorado, received 42 inches of snow in a major Front Range storm on March 13-14, 2024. On the morning after the blizzard, BNSF’s Provo to Denver priority freight rolls eastbound on Un... (more)

Snow is falling on the Joint Line as BNSF 5347 shoves a freight towards Sedalia, Colorado.

Light snow is falling as the California Zephyr has exited Tunnel #1 and heads towards the crossing at Plainview, Colorado.

The California Zephyr rounds the corner at Keenesburg, Colorado at sunrise.

The Winter Park Express Ski Train runs through 4 feet of snow as it passes through Crescent, Colorado on its way to the Moffat Tunnel.

BNSF 5973 (ES44AC) plows through four feet of snow as it rounds the corner at Crescent, Colorado after an epic snowstorm.

The DP locomotives of an empty coal train make their way north on Main Track #2 as a southbound loaded coal train slowly moves on Main Track #1 at Spruce. The loaded coal train is led by a pair of... (more)

A heavy coal train, bound for Donnie, TX, charges across the Brush Subdivision as it split the signals near Atwood, CO on its journey west towards Denver, CO.

A pair of SD70ACes lead a Rawhide Mine, WY to Smithers Lake, TX coal train over Colorado's Joint Line as they climb the 1% grade of Sedalia.

UP 8147 (ES44AC) leads the Grand Junction to Denver train through Coal Creek Canyon. Heavy snows fell the day before, coating everything in a thick white blanket.

Over four feet of snow fell at Crescent, Colorado, providing an amazing scene of flocked trees as BNSF 5973 (ES44AC) leads a freight around the curve on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Light snow is falling at Pinecliffe, Colorado, adding to the four feet of snow that fell two days ago. The California Zephyr rounds the corner and will soon be crossing under the Continental Divi... (more)

The California Zephyr 5 train has left Denver behind as it begins the climb into the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr runs through Keenesburg, Colorado at sunrise.