An eastbound UP manifest meets a westbound BNSF manifest at Plain. Sadly, coal traffic on the Moffat has decreased by 80% (yeah, that is not a typo!) since 2005. That translates to an average of o... (more)

Now that the Cheyenne Frontier Days special has been wyed (turned around), it is headed back to Cheyenne from Speer Jct. A classic water tower from steam days stands tall in the distance.

Once the Cheyenne Frontier Days special arrives in Cheyenne and its passengers detrain, the train needs to be wyed (turned around) in preparation for the return trip to Denver. The nearest why is ... (more)

On a Perfect July morning, UPs three E9s and DDA40X lead up the Cheyenne Frontier Days passenger special. The train had a good run up the Greeley Sub, arriving in Cheyenne shortly before 10am. Her... (more)

Sunday morning around 10:30am, a westbound coal load headed for Amarillo, TX derailed on BNSF's Brush Subdivision on the west side of Hudson, CO, about 30 miles northeast of Denver. Here, crews ar... (more)

Sunday morning around 10:30am, a westbound coal load headed for Amarillo, TX derailed on BNSF's Brush Subdivision on the west side of Hudson, CO, about 30 miles northeast of Denver (home of an ani... (more)

With BNSF experiencing a shortage of power, they leased a lot of ES44ACs from CitiRail, an engine leasing company. You can see such a unit second out, behind a very good looking Warbonnet on this ... (more)

Making track speed (70 MPH), the westbound Zephyr just hit the detector at MP 375.4 between Newcastle and Silt on UP's Glenwood Springs Subdivision. One of the P42DCs on the Zephyr stopped loading... (more)

It has been about ten minutes since the sun peeked over the eastern horizon. Early morning haze still clings to the ground around the Denver skyline to the right. A quartet of GEs leads on a coal ... (more)

A somewhat interesting consist was on the head end of this coal empty on a snowy March afternoon. Sandwiched smack in the middle of the five units is a BNSF C44-9W! Sure, railroads pool power...bu... (more)

While the demand for coal has certainly gone down some, you can still find plenty of coal trains running on the Moffat. One such example was this Energy-bound empty, headed west on a simply beauti... (more)

UP's "West Local" throttles up as it approaches the east end of Barbara's Gulch. Ten years ago, the local served three customers west of Leyden and there were days where four geeps were needed due... (more)

At the south end of Littleton near Chatfield Reservoir is Acequia. There are a few industries that UP's South Local will switch out here on Monday's and Thursday's. On this Saturday morning, howev... (more)

A southbound BNSF manifest passes by the big red barn in Greenland. The train is on Main 1, the southbound main for the Joint Line. Main 2, the northbound main, passes the barn on the photographer... (more)

Even with all of the new (largely GE) power that BNSF has purchased in the last 15 years, SD70MACs still run hard and can often be found on coal trains headed to or coming from the Powder River Ba... (more)