At the End of the Day

Westbound into the sunset, A busy day on the Brush Sub on the High Plains.

BNSF 5930 (ES44AC) shoves an empty train to the east as a bright and colorful sunrise washes the farm fields with an orange glow.

A beautiful Colorado sunrise at Barr Lake greets BNSF 6400 (ES44AC) as it pulls a loaded coal train towards Denver, Colorado.

Winter Solstice Sunrise at Barr Lake

In a repeat attempt for several years, the first light of a Winter Solstice sunrise silhouettes Amtrak 5 over a frozen landscape at Bar... (more)

Union Pacific The Big Boy is just departing Denver for Cheyenne in the midst of a classic November, Colorado Wyoming blizzard. By the time the Big Boy reaches Wyoming nearly a foot of snow had com... (more)

Reflecting on Grande History

Union Pacific heritage Rio Grande 1989 is exiting the Royal Gorge near Canõn City, CO.

In an answered prayer, Union Pacific #5617 leads the MGJNY through East Portal on a clash of the seasons kind of morning. Working the Moffat 4 out of a 7 day week from September through October wi... (more)

Winter storm light fills Beyers Canyon west of Hot Sulpher Springs, CO. Shot on Mavic Pro 2 with heated battery.

Amtrak number 5, the California Zephyr is on the fill west of Rollinsville, CO along South Boulder Creek among the peak color of Aspens.

The Big Boy, number 4014 is nearing the end of its journey home to Cheyenne, WYO at Terry Ranch. Blizzard conditions with drifts covering the right of way and just a kiss of late afternoon sun hig... (more)

BNSF 5862 leads a westbound coal load at Barr, CO, on the BNSF Brush Sub, just after sunset on May 21, 2020.

The westbound MNYGJ rolls through the meadows out of tunnel 1 near Coal Creek Canyon and Plainview on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. Delightful storm light from severe warned storms populate the h... (more)

The early morning sun peeks its way around the streamlined nose of N&W 611 as it makes an early morning run-by during the Reunion of Steam N&W photo event at the Strasburg Rail Road in October of ... (more)