Rio Grande 5571 and an (almost) matched set of F’s climb through Arvada west of Denver with the PFM, Pacific Fast Mail, for Salt Lake City and points west. Even with a pair of pushers lending th... (more)

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr loops around the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon before returning to the face of the Flatirons to climb before heading back into the rest of the Tunnel District.

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr climbs up to the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon before reversing to climb along the Flatirons above Denver/Boulder. Amtrak 145 leads ... this is now one of Amtrak... (more)

Veteran mountain climbers lead this westbound empty coal train towards Colorado's Continental Divide. Spring weather in the rockies is generally full of clear blue mornings.....

Amtrak's westbound Ski Train races west with AMTK P42DC no. 42, out of the greater Denver Metro Area west of Arvada, Colo., just after sunrise on Mar. 14. 2015.

The colorful consist of NS 9597, CREX 1428 and BNSF 1001 head East with BNSF's trackage rights train that is heading from Provo to Lincoln

Some sort of test is underway September 18, 1963, as two-thirds of Rio Grande’s Krauss-Maffei diesel hydraulic roster, the 4001 and 4003, coupled to a dynamometer car and an unidentified geep, p... (more)

With three of his private cars on the rear chartered by happy groups, the Anschutz ski train glides into Arvada, Colo. headed for those skyscrapers of Denver on the old D&RGW on April 1, 1995.

The Anschutz Corporation’s ski train passes westbound through Arvada, Colo. during the sun’s low equinox on Jan. 6, 2007, just two years before owner Phillip Anschutyz would sell the train, in... (more)

This pair of KCS engines are a very strange sight on the Moffat Tunnel line as they lead this empty Oil train westbound towards Tunnel #1.

Union Pacific’s West Local drops downgrade through Arvada, Colorado, on October 21, 1997. A pair of Rio Grande GP30s, Nos. 3006 and 3003, power the eastbound train. A carman from North Yard ride... (more)

4 Rio Grande engines and a Southern Pacific SD45 drop down the Moffat Tunnel line heading East towards Denver. The rear of the train can be seen in the background, too bad there wasn't a caboose ... (more)

D&RGW’s three famous F units operated on the ski train only for the 1984 season after the demise of the Rio Grande Zephyr. Skiers on board are probably delighted with the falling snow and not b... (more)

Just before sunrise, a westbound empty crude oil train makes its way out of Barbara's Gulch and heads into the siding at Rocky. The train will let the Ski Train by before continuing up the mountai... (more)

Just before sunrise, a westbound empty crude oil train makes its way through Barbara's Gulch on the approach to Rocky. The train will take the siding here and let the Ski Train by before continuin... (more)