Sherman Hill

Classic heavy tonnage moves east up the west slope of the summit in the Sherman Highlands near Buford, WYO.

Steam, Snow, and Steel

The heavy snow has just begun to fall as the Colorado Railroad Museum finishes the day’s operations with the venerable Denver & Rio Grande Wester... (more)

Lifting the Snow at Espy

Along the South Boulder Creek near Espy and Tolland, a popular place to take in the sights and sounds of the traffic on the Moffat Road.

Arcosa Lightweight Aggregate

The Rocky local, usually only on Wednesday makes a heavy pick up and leaves a set out at Arcosa near Boulder, CO.

Grinstien Heritage at Coors

Reflecting on the days work an Ex-executive Big Mac leads the Golden Switch on a cold November Wednesday morning. Ice and sitting water beckon... (more)

A Rocky Morning

HPVODEN1 rounds out the last turns from Big Ten and Little Ten at Rocky. Overnight snow plays nicely with the orange swoosh in BNSF.

Into the Tangent on the Larkspur Bridge

A vibrant Summer morning on the Colorado Joint Line in June 2018 highlights a south bound coal train at MP 43.20.

Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Train 2017

2017, a pleasant year to chase and shoot the Cheyenne Frontier Days Denver Post train. A uniform yellow and gray excursion fle... (more)

Sunrise on the Front Range

Another morning sunrise along the Front Range Subdivision from a favorite place to admire the colors contrasts beautifully with a northbound Z ... (more)

Longs Peak

At the foot of the Front Range and Longs Peak are the picturesque meadows that alive with rural Colorado history. The ex-C&S trackage now Front Range Subdivisi... (more)

Sherman Summit

The Sherman geology shares its wonders in the cut directly west of Sherman Hill summit on Sunday March 7, 2021. Eastbound double size manifest from Pocatel... (more)

Moonrise over Barr Lake

Summer travelers are sitting down to dinner aboard the eastbound California Zephyr as it flies over the causeway at Barr Lake, CO.

Snow Bound on the Joint Line

Heavy fast accumulating spring Rocky Mountain snow beckons the crew to use the sanders up the grade to the Palmer Divide at Spruce, Colorado.... (more)

Careful, Don’t Slip

Around the bend and over the South Boulder HPVODEN1 steps around the tightest tangent on the east side of Moffat Tunnel in the Tunnel District.

Conejoes County Glint in Steam

Easily be 1945 again as number 453 moves a manifest up the San Juan Extension nearing the dual gauge at Antinito on a very border sunset of ... (more)