A stunning sunrise greeted passengers on RTD's commuter rail 'Train to the Plane' which shuttles passengers from Denver International Airport to Denver's downtown Union Station.

RTD commuter train 4032 (Hyundai Eagle P3) takes the elevated section over the UP's North Yard and runs to Arvada, Colorado under a colorful sunrise.

BNSF 6402 (ES44AC) leads a freight through Hudson, Colorado just as the sun rises above the tracks.

With a bright sunrise coming up over the Brush Sub, BNSF 9069 (SD70ACe) passes the signals just west of Hudson, Colorado.

As the sun rises another eastbound train speeds across the wide open spaces on the East end of the Seligman sub.

The sun is setting in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin as a BNSF coal empty heads northbound south of Bill under a fiery western sky as the day ends on May 29, 2009.

BNSF Seattle bound Z dashes northward at Owl Creek on the Front Range Subdivision in that moment just before sunrise. The suns warm glint is just between the track and the bottom of the intermodal... (more)

The 411 climbs the slight grade through Round Lake Beach as the sun sets.

The crew and passengers of this morning's California Zephyr were treated to a stunning sunrise as they passed Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado.

An early morning BNSF freight passes by Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado.

A westbound BNSF train times sunrise perfectly as it passes through Dennison headed towards Flagstaff and further points west.

A BNSF coal train heads south out of Bill, Wyoming, at the end of a rainy day in Powder River Basin on May 3, 2007.

Rain storms are slowly moving east at the end of a cloudy day in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. As the setting sun drops below the western horizon, a tiny slot of clearing sky silhouettes a north... (more)

The first train of today was CN A408, led by IC 1017 and 1037 (CN paint). The other 2 of 4 total trains I saw today had IC leaders as well, making CN's Chicago/Champaign Subdivisions look like the... (more)