A CSX heavy GEVO lifts a manifest up the 2.2% grade over Greenhorn Trestle. Foreign Power is fairly common on the MRL and BNSF northern lines.

Walking Speed, a westbound manifest struggles up the grade thru South boulder Canyon. The long manifest has a total of 5 big AC motors this day configured 3x1x1. This area of the Moffat Road is ... (more)

A trio of GP40-2s have spent the day loading ballast on the Leadville Branch. The short heavy train is departing after a short stop for a meet. The train likely has retainers set, a skill that is... (more)

SP 250 sits awaiting the next push at Minturn, Colorado. AC locomotives forever changed mountain railroading. The AC motors allowed for greater tractive effort, with no over heating.

3 New Southern Pacific AC4400 sand the rail climbing thru the twisting Mitchell Curves. The train will soon conquer Tennessee Pass.

Brand New BNSF 1081 leads a very early trackage rights train west over the Moffat Road. It is this photographers opinion that this was BNSFs best paint scheme.... Note the following two locomoti... (more)

Union Pacific 6654 storms out of the Coal Creek drainage, and up the 1% grade. The conductor on the adjacent coal load gives a roll bye inspection. Coal creek mine is in the distance, and is near ... (more)

Three Grinstien SD70macs make their way around the horseshoe towards Breezy Point. The grade here is 1.55% and the train has 4 SD40-2s pushing hard on the rear.... The landscape here looks very mu... (more)

Three Southern Pacific GP40-2 pull empty ballast train into Minturn for a crew change. Ballast trains for the pit at used 4 axle locomotives for the light and twisting trackage.

Big MAC Attack! Two 6000 Horsepower SD90MAC-H locomotives drag a lumber laden manifest upgrade at Bealville.

A quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors pull the grade in South Boulder Canyon. The curve approaching Tunnel 29 is one of the sharpest on the ex DRGW mainlines... The Daily Denver-Roper manifest was... (more)

Amtrak pulls west thru Little Gore Canyon... I personally like this earlier paint much better.....

A classic quartet of old warriors charges up the 1% grade in Little Gore Canyon. This was a typical consist on early BNSF trackage rights trains over the Moffat Road.

A new BNSF C44-9w climbs out of Caliente with a southbound high-tonnage freight. There is also a northbound intermodal leaving Caliente on the left of the picture....

A heavy eastbound coal load pulls the Mitchell curves with 3 new AC4400 locomotives... The AC locomotives changed mountain railroading forever, the high traction and incredible dynamic braking ma... (more)