Here is just a quick highlight of a photo that looks so nice it's worth sharing.  This photo of a BNSF GE unit at Palmer Lake is from F...

A favorite story of mine, especially when it comes to narrow gauge lore, is that of Billy Westall. The Denver, South Park & Pacific, one...

Today, we are finishing our look at Timothy Tonge's work along the Joint Line between Larkspur and Palmer Lake, an examination that woul...

Today being Tuesday, it's fitting to return with another Photo of the Day by Timothy Tonge. On July 23, 2019, it's not quite mid-mor...

It's been quite a while since we've had a Photo of the Day, so it should be a good one! A new photographer has been making quite an ...

We are less than a week away from St. Patrick's Day, when folks celebrate the world famous Scot by pretending they're Irish for the...

It may be just a few hours later and we find ourselves in nearly the exact same location as Tuesday's Photo of the Day . The snow is cer...

A photographer can use a zoom lens to compress distance. It is one of its basic functions, but when one uses it well, it tends to produce ...

Perhaps no place better symbolizes the challenge faced by railroads heading west from Denver than Big Ten Curve located on the former Denv...

I've been following a photographer posting under the the name of "BUFFIE" for some time now. Their specialization is in indust...

Note from Steve: this marks the 600th post to Colorado Railroads! Photo of the Day: Kevin Morgan How could POTD not lead off with a Pu...

You may remember a post and a follow-up in late 2011 about the state trying to save the "Towner line" from being carved up by it...

BNSF 5391, a GE Dash 9-44CW struggles up the grade toward Palmer Lake with only one of her two teammates pulling along. Something tells me...

Exactly what season it is might fool many a viewer but not locals and certainly not Joe Blackwell. He caught this BNSF southbound coal dra...

Amtrak only recently celebrated its 40th year with surprisingly popular heritage locomotives. What might not be as popular is the national...

Norfolk Southern Heritage unit 8101 sits in the lead of an eastbound manifest in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver. While road tra...

The small town of Sedalia just south of Denver had a little more than it could handle Thursday, February 6th, when a BNSF freight train dera...

Heritage fleets just keep on getting bigger. This year, BNSF has finally gotten with the program and produced a half-hearted "heritage ...