DGNO 4017, a GP40 originally bullt in 1966 as NW 1338, splices a pair of SP-painted tunnel motors as they pull a manifest east through Arriba on the Kyle Railroad.

CEFX 9282 keeps a steady pace eastbound after picking up a load of cars from the UP in Limon, CO. Colorado is a beautiful state, but once you get east of the Colorado Springs airport, you may as ... (more)

A pair of SD60s leads the Denver-Limon Local back west toward Denver after interchanging some cars with the Kyle Railroad in Limon.

The Southern Pacific lives! Sort of. If you don't have a time machine, you can still catch nearly pristine SD45T-2s in Southern Pacific speed lettering on the Kyle Railroad! Here the former SSW... (more)

The Pikes Peak Local eases down the north side of the Palmer Divide with 16 cars in tow. It was nice to see this old veteran leading the way; the last time I caught an EMD SD40-2 up front was all... (more)

The crew of the Pikes Peak Local kicks back on Main 1 as they wait for a northbound to clear off the single track portion of the Joint Line to their south. About the only standard cab-led train t... (more)

After a brief delay at MP 42, the Pikes Peak Local is underway again as it crosses the famous Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur. Times have certainly changed; this is the first standard cab-led train I... (more)

Southbound coal slices through Monument with newer AC power up front.

Good thing the sign in the foreground doesn't say "No Train Photography" as Palmer Lake is probably the premier location on the Joint Line to catch trains in good light. Northbounds, southbounds,... (more)

The long climb from Denver is over as two GEVOs now start down the grade on the south side of the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake.

Even the newer power struggles up the grade on the north side of the Palmer Divide. Here BNSF 6279 leads the southbound crawl through Greenland.

The Ray Nixon powerplant in Fountain, CO is about to receive a load of coal as UP 6066 brings it south, seen here approaching Woodmen Rd. in Colorado Springs.

As Pikes Peak stands watch, the UP Colorado Springs Local works east down the ex-Rock Island main with an ex-SP GP40-2 leading a DRGW caboose and a CSXT boxcar. Five different railroads make an a... (more)

The UP Colorado Springs Local works east over Monument Creek toward Roswell with its shoving platform and a lone boxcar. Not long ago, UP 1510 was dressed in SP speed lettering, but as the new pa... (more)

Another pair of GEVOs hauls another load of coal south, this time seen here ascending the grade through Larkspur.