A pair of cascade green Geeps are working the Aventine West ethanol plant at Aurora, NE.
This grimy veteran was built in 1963 as a GP30 for Southern Railway and was later rebuilt as a GP30E for Burlington Northern.
Under a bright sunrise and threatening morning skies, BNSF 2751 (GP39M) works sorting freight cars in the Denver Yard.
Local power.
A weather system can be seen developing over the Front Range Foothills as the Hudson Turn wastes no time as they sprint along the continuous welded rail between Irondale and Barr at Eno. The Denve... (more)
Before entering the main line, the Longmont Switch has to slow around this S-Curve at Price Road and realign a switch before proceeding into the limits in Longmont.
The Crew on this Local boards the lead unit, that's sitting on the siding, after waiting for a coal empty to go by. Shortly they will leave and take their train back to Denver and call it a day.
The Hudson Turn is seen parked on a siding across from this trackside memorial placed there by some residents of Hudson, CO, for someone who was killed at the nearby Highway 52 crossing.
It's hard to believe this photo was taken in 2011, especially considering the lead unit of the Pikes Peak Local is 48-years-old and the second unit, BNSF 1514, is 54-years-old! I wonder if EMD ev... (more)
A colorful Pikes Peak Local steams south into Larkspur behind a 48-year-old GP30 rebuild still looking good in Burlington Northern paint!
Finally a green machine on the O35! 2751 seen approaching the Cactus Ave grade crossing enroute to Calgas. My Peavine website: www.aeromoe.com/Peavine.html
A short empty grain train heads east toward the Dilworth, MN yard
