Test Run 2021
Ed Dickens and crew roll into the warm light of a hot July evening south of Cheyenne on their way to Denver performing a test run.

Stormy Chase
Pacing eastbound on the ledge of severe weather at Hudson.

Jimmy Booth tends the Fire
Master of his vessel tends his fire on RGS 20 in the early hours of a long day behind the throttle.

Heavy Snow & Steam
RGS 20 acting as it’s own weather system stirs up the snow and swirls with excitement.

CNW in the High Country
Acting as a DPU, UP 1995 passes through Crescent on a snowy morning.

Grande in the Rockies
Westbound Skitrain works it’s way across the Flatirons for Winter Park, CO. Ex DRGW Office Car Wilson McCarthy named Kansas brings up the markers at Tun... (more)

Panning For Gold
Working with my prime f1.4 50mm I follow the California Zephyr as it’s blasting into Denver from Chicago at the very first light of a cold winter morning alo... (more)

Stormy Weather
Standing, hoping, awesome gust front and super dramatic sky and the train an eastbound sand working with EMD SD70ACE 4117 was slow, make that really slow.. after... (more)

Super Elevation
Ed Dickens in command leans the Big Boy 4014 west of Hanna, WY.

West side of Tunnel 1

MGJNY is about to enter Tunnel 1 at Plain.

A Gross Dam Fine Snow

Crescent on a glorious snowy morning in October one of my favorite subjects in life. Amtrak makes it’s dependable appearance just after 900. Gross... (more)

The Flatirons like great Sentinels from the Darkness

Towering out of the darkness of a winter storm raging at the Great Divide the sun momentarily blasts out in a sun po... (more)

May Snows bring Spring Flowers

A beautiful morning at Crescent begs the lens and an appropriate eastbound in full sunshine in among the heavy flock after a late spring sn... (more)

Stormy Nights

Hustling through Leyden at track speed on the back of a HP cell situated over the west suburbs of Denver, Colorado, Amtrak’s California Zephyr reflects ... (more)

Snowy Day on the East Side

Rolling along west of Rollinsville, BNSF priority manifest is whispering among the flocked pines of the valley.