The sun is gone for the day as Union Pacific SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 3027, 3019, 3014 lead three more UP units on the North Yard-Roper Yard manifest up the 2-percent grade into Coal Creek Canyon near Arva... (more)

Encircling the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on January 8, 2003, is a westbound Union Pacific coal empty with eight locomotives up front. Seven GE AC4400CW varieties from... (more)

Five BNSF GEs take charge on the westbound Denver, Colorado to Provo, Utah trackage rights manifest as it climbs the 2-percent grade in Coal Creek Canyon at Blue Mountain Road on March 14, 2017. T... (more)

Today began the start of Daylight Savings Time which fortunately gives us an extra hour of daylight. In the late afternoon sun around 5:30 PM, AMTK NPCU No. 406 leads the eastbound Ski Train "... (more)

The one and only time I'll ever photograph the RBBB Circus Train traveling over former Rio Grande rails. On June 13, 2016, the circus train moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Las Vegas, Neva... (more)

A colorful lash up led by BNSF C44-9W No. 720 descends the 2-percent grade with BNSF's Provo, Utah to Denver, Colorado manifest in Coal Creek Canyon on December 23, 2016.

Drone Shot - UP #6570 leads the MRONY-25 out of Tunnel 1 with a nice mix of power as they head east bound on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.

Rio Grande SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5361 leads Union Pacific MDVRO (Denver to Roper Yard, Salt Lake City manifest) freight between Clay and Plain at Coal Creek Canyon on a stormy April 27, 2001.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train loops over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Clay, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 5, 2003. Leading the train are two GE ... (more)

A BNSF trackage rights manifest roars up the 2% grade into tunnel #1 on the ex D&RGW mainline

A winter storm from last weekend blanketed the Colorado Rockies with fresh heavy wet snow. Seen here, Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5461 leads the Roper Yard, Utah to North Yard, Colorado manifest down... (more)

Amtrak #6 has just exited tunnel 1 and descends the 2 percent grade into Coal Creek Canyon and will soon negotiate the Big 10 curve.

A westbound Union Pacific manifest thunders up the 2% grade leading to Tunnel #1 as it begins its journey into the Rocky Mountains.

Union Pacific freight MDVPV (Denver to Provo manifest) passes through fresh snow at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on November 30, 2006.

Union Pacific’s MRONY (Salt Lake City’s Roper Yard North Yard in Denver) freight heads downgrade through a snowy Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Eisele (formerly Clay), Colorado, on March ... (more)