Golden Light of a Snowy Colorado Sunrise

The Ski Train ridership on this WPE is in store for a fabulous day on the slopes of Winter Park Resort. A fresh foot of powder left o... (more)

Cacti and Rio Grande Heritage

Rio Grande heritage leads the Drennen rock train through the Swallows west of Pueblo, CO. Just after 0700 the morning fog is still burning off ne... (more)

Snow Still Falling

On a dreamlike morning along the Moffat Road the MGJNY emerges from Rainbow Cut into a sudden break of a major winter storm still gracing the Flatirons whic... (more)

Summer Along South Boulder Creek

Afternoon thundershowers gather at the Great Divide, Amtrak’s evening visit to the valley near Tolland briefly interrupts the pleasant sound... (more)

On the Slab over Tunnel 7

One of the parade of westbound empty coal buckets flies through the cut and dives into tunnel 7 along the Goshawk Ridge on the Flatirons. Fall color ... (more)

The Spirit in the Valley of Aspens

Aspens in full peak Fall color surrounds the Streamliner colors in harmony with Silver, Red, White, and Blue the Veterans Spirit locomotive ... (more)

Last Light on the Sherman Granite

A slow moving Z train is moving past the Great Pink Panther moments after sunset near Sherman Hill. A truly southwest sunset, purples, reds, ... (more)

The Very First Light in the Royal Gorge

From the rim at Temple Canyon moments after sun up and in the right time for the morning Rock Train to Drennen the colors of the Arkansa... (more)

Winter Wonderland in the Tunnel District

In this frame I took some creative license and removed with the cloning tool the power line and wood pole that is adjacent to the track... (more)

Highball Sand Creek Junction

I still cannot believe I climbed that 18” deep snow covered slippery slope and waited in subzero windchills for this frame. The Big Boy, 4014 in ... (more)

Overland Route Sunset

Near Dale Junction a certain western magic lives in harmony with nature and the Transcontinental Railroad. A place of legends and mythos, a beautiful plac... (more)

Storm Light at Broomfield

BNSF 2828 like a venerable 62’ Chevy handles the Lafayette business on the “Buck Wheat” northbound on its way back to Longmont.

The Smell of Fresh Paint

I can still smell the paint curing as 6017 the 25th Anniversary BNSF Heritage locomotive passes me south of Spruce.

Duck Blind at Rocky

A little fun with some of the scrub brush back in 2018.

Snowy Morning over Eldorado Canyon

An early Winter storm ravaged the front range for 2 days between September 7-9. A pleasant surprise on the morning of the 10th both that the ... (more)