At what first might not seem very exciting, that changes when you realize you are seeing the tender to the BIG BOY UP 4014 that is being restored behind those closed roundhouse doors. The adjacen... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's 553 (SW8) heads towards one of the most industrial area of Denver, known as the Stockyards. Business clients include metal scrappers, paper recycling facilities and m... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's 553 (SW8) heads to client in the Denver Stockyards.

UP 5726 (AC4400CWCTE) leads an auto rack train out of the UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming

UP 8825 (SD70AH) will soon pull into the large UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming with a mixed freight.

UP 8401 (SD70ACe) leads a freight into the setting sun and through the signal tower on the west end of the massive UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

UP 7351 (AC45CCTE) pulls an oil can train out of the UP Cheyenne Yard, passing under the BNSF (former C&S) bridge.

UP 4994 (SD70M) leads a double stack train out of the west end of the UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

WAMX 4184 (SD40-2) waits on a siding for the call to shuffle cars full of fine-grained sand for use in fracking oil wells.

WAMX 3516 (GP35) was spotted sitting on a siding just south of Cheyenne, Wyoming. This engine has had quite a career, starting life in 1965 for the Pennsylvania Railroad, then worked for Conrail,... (more)

UP 7717 (AC45CCTE) leads a sand train out of the west end of the massive UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming, passing under the iconic C&S bridge.

A visit to the historic Union Pacific roundhouse and yard in Cheyenne is a feast for the eyes. The place oozes history, as evidenced by the vintage rolling stock, cabooses and the odd baggage car... (more)

UP 8691 (SD70ACe) waits in front of the Cheyenne Depot for a green light to head east with a container train.

The day after the massive blizzard socked Colorado and the mid-west, AMTK 160 leads a nose-battered California Zephyr into Denver. The train was over 12 hours late, due in part to the massive flo... (more)

The 'Bomb Cyclone' blizzard conditions that the crews had to cope with were incredible, with Denver actually recording a gust of 90 miles per hour. This was the same storm that blew a container t... (more)