The smoke from the wildfires in the western states filters out the sun as Coors Critter 997 (SW1000) heads to the grain silo to pick up a string of hoppers to take to the brewery.

Coors' SW1000 takes a load of hoppers to the brewery in the early morning.

DRGW 346 (2-8-0) leads a passenger train around the grounds at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Here we see three of the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad engines, including DRGW 5401 (SD40T-2), DRGW 3011 (GP 30) and the tender of DRGW 683 (Baldwin 2-8-0 locomot... (more)

Coors Critter 997 (SW1000) crosses an old bridge on the grounds of the Coors Brewery.

A jewel in the Colorado Railroad Museum's collection is DRGW 346, a 2-8-0 locomotive built by Baldwin in 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Colorado Railroad Museum ran Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad 346 on the weekend, giving passengers a good view of the amazing collection on the museum grounds.

Veteran engine BNSF 1572 is 43 years old, having been built in 1973 as a SD45-2 for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF), and later rebuilt as a SD40-2R.

BNSF 8441 (SD70ACe) waits for a train to be assembled and will then run to Denver.

BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) runs through a work zone as it leaves Golden for Denver, Colorado.

Jimmy Booth tends the Fire
Master of his vessel tends his fire on RGS 20 in the early hours of a long day behind the throttle.

Heavy Snow & Steam
RGS 20 acting as it’s own weather system stirs up the snow and swirls with excitement.

BNSF 8441 (SD70ACe) waits in a yard in Golden, Colorado with an Executive Grinstein for a Coors beer train to take to Denver.

As the shadows slowly retreat from the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado, BNSF 1652 (SD40-2) builds a train that will be taken to Denver later in the morning.

A pair of former Burlington Northern Cascade Green SD40-2's work the small yard in Golden, Colorado.