Eads, Colo. Sept 30, 1989 Photo: Jeff Van Cleve There was a time, 25 years ago, when a long stretch of rail in eastern Colorado was a vit...

The characteristic curve of the window should be a tip to the railroad-minded about the location of the photographer when they snapped this ...

Today is 11/11/11. At the 11th hour on November 11th, 1918 hostilities were concluded in the Great War, World War I . In March 1917, the Uni...

Jim Burrill presented at the Hugo roundhouse meeting in March  with Steve Lee on UP Steam. Back in December of 2000, he managed to catch Rio...

If there was one thing this picture reminds me of, it's hunting! Yes, to keep their crews safe during hunting season, BNSF paints their ...

Chris May, known popularly as GhoSStrider, is no stranger to POTD, but the last time he was featured he was chasing the Cheyenne Frontier Da...

The Polar Express, of book and movie fame, is coming to Durango for this Christmas season. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad ...

This week will have three Photos of the Day, all themed towards snow, since snow has already fallen--and stuck!--on most of Colorado's m...

As I write this, Union Pacific 844 , the FEF-3 that never retired, sits at the top of the world ...well, the top of the Palmer Divide, anywa...

The Monte Vista Journal did an article that serves as an update on Mudhen 463 , under restoration in the San Luis Valley. The Friends of th...

The Denver Union Station Project Authority is hosting a meeting to hear presentations of two competing ideas for the interior re-development...

2 photos: springsgov.com The restaurant that preserved the D&RG depot in Colorado Springs, Colorado from the wrecking ball in the 197...

Update:  10/21/2011 2:55 PM - As promised, I have  a full map of the stops in Colorado  with arrival and departure times. Union Pacific h...

In 1984, the Rio Grande was in its prime, and the video camera was just becoming semi-affordable. Primitive by today's digital standards...

The aspen colors have nearly faded across the Rockies, and pro football is in full swing. The days are getting colder, and furnaces are begi...

Anna Beninati, the 17 year-old student who followed her friends in a near-fatal attempt to hop a freight train and fell beneath the wheels o...

I watch a lot of documentaries and non-fiction TV. Up until now, however, I'd never seen a show about scrapping locomotives. It's sa...

I happened across an anecdote today that comes from the days of widespread passenger rail. It's a simple one that I've taken the lib...

If you wonder, like I sometimes do, what Tennessee Pass looks like about now, with all the aspens aglow and fluttering in the early fall bre...

So what is up with CR's Photo Of The Day? Well, you may not like it or you may not even care, but I have an admission to make. I am real...