It's been awhile since my last posting here! Things have been busy as "life" has happened a lot the last few months. I was great getting out for...
Yeah, Steamboat is a good choice! Don't know why I didn't think about the Craig Branch. But I'd still be happy with Grand Junction! As for...
This is a pretty cool program that UP has never done before. The steam team has setup a contest where "we the people" get to help decide where a...
Utah Spartan and a Smurf! Continue with the Spartan cab theme, here are a few more shots from back in Denver at BNSF's yard. If you haven't...
Hello- Once upon a time, rail photographers would wake up on a Saturday and think "do I really want to go out and shoot another train being...
Since the 40-2 series of engine is just about the best engine ever produced, it seems likely that many of these units have a good chance at...
Good Monday Morning- Last Friday and Saturday, UP moved a string of 21 units from Ogden, UT to Denver, CO to be placed in storage until they can...
No problem Russell! I am actually (really small) somewhere in that shot you posted looking out the back of #3 along the work train. As the train...
11. Coal empty coming around a sweeping curve at Ludlow, a half dozen miles north of Trinidad. 12. In Walsenburg, ABS ends (when going...
6. The work train wraps around the famous curve at Wootton. 7. The yard in Raton was completely empty (and I believe out of service). The work...
Good Morning- In the week leading up to April 10, 2010, I caught word of a BNSF Work Train that was scheduled to run over Raton Pass. BNSF has...
Rather than trying to pace the train, we decided to just get ahead of it and head to Point of Rocks, NE. This is a nifty location with the...
Hello- Friday started with the alarm clock at 4:30am. I picked up my friend Damian in Broomfield and we headed for Cheyenne. We got there...
4. A BNSF coal load is on the main track as it passes by the Colorado Springs depot. UP's Colorado Springs switcher sits idle in the distance....
Hello- After two major Spring snow storms in the last week, parts of the Front Range in Colorado had 18 inches of snow. Last Sunday was a nice...
Thanks all! It was a good day to be out... Great question! The Blizzard Bus (or Snow Bus, depending on who you talk to) is really just a crew...
I figured that would be the last shot for sure as CO-72 was getting worse. However, luck was on my side! The west switch of Rollins was out of...
Hello- Well, after not picking up a camera since November 1st (and not really posting anything online since late August / early September), I...
Very cool! That's awesome that you had a cool conductor willing to let you open the window from time to time. That doesn't happen to terribly...
Looking forward to the pictures. Now for the big question though...were getting more shots of 1989 on the point, or of all the railfans chasing...
