Over 142 years of coal-fired steaming is finally coming to an end in Durango.  Let that sink in a moment. Your grandfather never knew a day ...

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...

Every once in a while, an e-mail from the contact form catches my eye, like this one: Dear Colorado Railroads, Wasn't there a line ru...

Wind damage is no stranger to the northeastern  Colorado plains.   Photo: Sherrif Nestor,  Lincoln  County Sheriffs Office This weeke...

Photo of the Day: Kevin the Krazy 1 A Union Pacific coal drag leaves Somerset towards Paonia, allowing a worker of a private orchard to ...

Perhaps nowhere--at least not in the last 40 years--is the idea of railroading in Colorado more realized than Tennessee Pass . A former narr...

The summer sun is quickly fleeting away for 2014. Have you made it out to catch a few trains at work? Me neither. ☹ All is not lost, however...

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...

Mike Danneman, whose photos are 3 for 3 this week on POTD, has delivered a fine string from his flickr account . The St. Patrick's Day t...

BN and March 17th seem to go together, don't you think? In this case, Mike Danneman captured a surviving BN locomotive in Cascade Green ...

Photo: Frank Keller Sometimes railroad photography is nothing but a locomotive and a frame, or even a simple headlight or a machine used...

Photo: Mike Danneman Today's Photo of the Day comes from Mike Danneman . His photo, titled Tunnel Motor at Minturn , captured Rio G...

According to Trains Magazine's News Wire , BNSF is sending a "fire train" to assist with protecting sections of the Joint Lin...

Burlington Northern (W) was gone only 2 years when Joe Blackwell snapped this photo of a BN triplet of SD70MACs in Executive or "Grin...

Once upon a time, not so long ago, there were four western Class I railroads. Instead of yellow or orange locomotives, there were green ones...

Mike Yuhas is a well-traveled photographer whose site is chock-full of great photos , primarily from the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. T...

Sometimes a photographer takes a leap of faith with his audience and tries something new. Kevin Morgan, no stranger to CR's POTD, took s...

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 ...

Denver's altitude is 5,280 feet above sea level, earning it the obvious moniker, the Mile High City. The railroad route directly west wa...