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)

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)

"Take me back": As the sun continues to rise to the East, a Norfolk & Western J Class locomotive makes haste with a hot shot freight. Norfolk & Western #611 - October 2019

PM 1225 crosses Baker Creek Trestle on its way North to Ashley Michigan on a snowy December morning

strasburg photo charter

Approaching Cumbres Pass. With her pops lifting and her Fireman's injector going full-blast, DRGW 453 hauls a mixed freight the last mile up the eastern approach to the 10,000 ft. Cumbres P... (more)

Sunrise at Ferguson's. DRGW K-27 Mudhen #453 steps across Ferguson's Trestle at MP 285.87, just moments after sunrise, hauling a freight westbound toward Chama and Durango, via Cumbres Pass... (more)

Shrouded in steam, the Big Boy is putting on a show in the brisk cold morning air as they get ready to take the turn at Marshall.

Ending the historic 2019 steam season on a snowy high-note Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 works its train upgrade through the Terry Bison Ranch on the Greeley 'main' from Denver on the final leg of it... (more)

Some people tend to be oblivious to rules, and in the process nearly ruin the shot for others and potentially ruin their day should they misjudge the width of the engine. This person nearly pulle... (more)

"Steel Horizon": The jointed rails across "The Flats" of the Strasburg Rail Road beamed as Norfolk & Western #611 raced west on the morning of October 5, 2019. With every turn ... (more)

Touring the system, the Big Boy blasts through the rural wooded landscape still covered in colorful fall foliage.

"May I Never Wake Up from The American Dream" The shot I never saw coming, has found its way to the top of my personal favorites. Wandering between photo scenes, I joined a small grou... (more)

Climax over Leatherbark Creek. Darkening the sky like an approaching storm, the former Moore-Keppel & Co. Climax #6 charges toward the short trestle over Leatherbark Creek, just outside the... (more)

"The Sound of Silence" 611 pauses during her busy day amongst photographers and as haze of smoke consumes the locomotive and the rails around her, shrouding almost any example of mod... (more)