The Craig branch from Bond to Craig once was filled with coal unit trains. Today it sees regularly only the once a week Craig local. Albeit it should depart around 9am at Phippsburg, we've encount... (more)

The ski resort at Steamboat Springs, Colorado looms in the distance as eastbound Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 702 passes between a Sperry car and the depot.

With 73 loads from the Energy Mine, eastbound Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 702, passes a Sperry car and the station at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The train is bound for Public Service of Co... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 701, westbound empties bound for the Energy Mine, rolls between Oak Creek and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Three of the latest additions to the Rio Grande roster,... (more)

A rebuilt Union Pacific AC6000CW leads a long train of storage hoppers south on the Craig Branch passing the D&RGW searchlights at 'Steamboat' as a wildfire rages on in the distance evidenced by t... (more)

An empty Union Pacific coal train led by line GE AC4400CW No. 6963 heads up the Energy Spur several miles west of Adams Junction near Steamboat, Colorado, on October 16 2010. In the background is ... (more)

Railroading in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. On a beautiful cold winter morning the weekly mixed freight from Denver to Craig just passed Toponas summit on about 8280 feet/2525 meter a.s.l. and wi... (more)

Richard Beal photo: The late great DRGW moving some coal out of Steamboat with a shiny SD50 on the front and some more normally dirty power behind.

UP 7210 is seen working a loaded coal train up Toponas Summit passing 'Finger Rock' south of Yampa, Colorado - 08/09/2008

UP 6885 is seen leading the return Craig local south near Oak Creek, Colorado - 08/09/2008

A brand new SD50 heads up a coal train.