After a furious chase from Palmer Lake I caught this one heeling into the curve. Urban sprawl and traffic south of here anymore so I turned back north.

BNSF 533 working near the Drake Power Plant in downtown Colorado Springs.

UP 7005 SB through downtown Colorado Springs.

Got lucky today with the "Vampire Unit" coming out in daylight.

I figured it was time to post a shot from my home town of Colorado Springs. A loaded coal train rolls south through Colorado Springs on a beautiful October morning. In the background is Pikes Peak... (more)

The Colorado Eagle heads south through Colorado Springs, around Labor Day, 1958 - a swollen end of summer vacation consist - E8A , two E7B's and another E8A. Normally this train would have... (more)

From the north, BNSF 9936 is just coming into Colorado Springs near Woodmen Road.

Stormy Weather

Two brand new locomotives on the point of this loaded unit coal train.

Union Pacific GP40-2 #1460 is the Colorado Springs local power, sitting with the ex-Rio Grande caboose outside the yard office on the night of April 23, 2008.

Moonlight was the only light, so I setup the tripod and fought the high winds to get this shot!

One of two "patch units" that frequent Colorado Springs. This one, still wearing its Rio Grande lettering on the hood, idles away the weekend. Snow covered Pikes Peak is the back drop.

Running SB into Colorado Springs where the single track divides to double track. Further south, the tracks are again joined to single track for a short distance before dividing again south of the... (more)

Running SB into Colorado Springs where the single track divides to double track. Further south, the tracks are again joined to single track for a short distance before dividing again south of the... (more)