What happens when you mix morning rush hour, a carload of plastic pellets, no brakes, and Arvada's finest? One wild ride! Apparently t...

According to C&TS , we will have the opportunity to see Pile Driver OB in action the next two weekends at the Colorado Railroad Museum ...

A one-man play, General Palmer, focuses on the life of the founder of Colorado Springs and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Raymond P...

Tom Noel, noted Colorado historian, wrote an Op-ed piece in today's Denver Post about the work to bring back the Welcome arch that stoo...

With enough effort and time, the improbable becomes the probable. Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to allow a new Ski Train, between De...

William Henry Jackson was an early photographer who captured much of Colorado's scenic beauty during the early years of the state. His ...

Ouray County over in the western San Juan Mountains is hosting Railroad Days this weekend . Indulge your inner rail geek and head on over.

Rare enough are photographs of the days of steam in Colorado . Rarer still are photos of odd equipment like pile drivers and the barrel tra...

The news continues to be hopeful for the revival of the Ski Train with a letter to Union Station, but the true test will be Union Pacific. ...

Now that it's hit the AP wires... Colorado's future, if a future can be bought, will cost $21 Billion . That is the combined price...

If the letter displayed on the Soapy Smith's Soapbox blog is credible and not a fabrication of Smith or a descendant, Smith worked as a...

Union Pacific helped Denver Fire and other emergency services in a drill yesterday. The drill involved a truck striking a person and a train...

If you did not receive your October issue of Trains magazine in the mail today, beg, borrow, or steal an issue! "NARROW GAUGE FEVER...

Three hobos climbed aboard a BNSF train on Saturday night (22nd) and got into one of the engines on the back of the train. Blowing the train...

Iowa Pacific Holdings, the parent company of the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad and the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, both of Alamosa, too...

In 1988, Colorado & Southern #71, a 2-8-o narrow gauge steam locomotive, operated for a time in Central City. The following video shows ...

The Union Pacific purchased the Southern Pacific in 1996. Since then, UP had pursued a re-painting and patching program that actively worked...

According to the Valley Courier , rails in the San Luis Valley may see some freight sailing along at speeds up to 60 MPH. If the San Luis ...

I wrote about Monarch and Marshall Passes on CR in 2006 , and why the name of Vail Pass was moved from Monarch to a crossing west of Dillon....

I found a trip report that you might find interesting, although I also rode the same route this year . Nascent rail fan, Rod (BlakeCO20) of...