Moon over Cumbres. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36, Number 487 poses on the 84 ft. wooden trestle at Cumbres Pass, under a crystal clear, moon-lit sky. A 30-second exposure at ISO 500 and... (more)

The Potash local out of Grand Jct., CO, only ran on Fridays down to Potash, UT, and back. The local used the Crane Creek Branch which was a very remote 37 miles of scenic branch line south of the ... (more)

With seven box cars of Coors beer from Golden, SP's Denver, CO to Oakland, CA Forwarder glides downgrade through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

A mixed bag of GE/EMD power leads a 105 car ROGJM through Price Canyon at Lynn. Note the long cut of coil steel from Geneva Works on the head end.

A sight I never dreamed I'd ever witness, narrow gauge steam with a rear pusher negotiates tight curvature near the New Mexico and Colorado State Line. Disappointed with the flat color of this sho... (more)

A sight I never dreamed I'd ever witness, narrow gauge steam with a rear pusher storms up the grade to Cumbres with freight in tow. This photo freight was a recreation by Lerro Productions and Far... (more)

An EMD SD50, SD40T-2, GP40, and GP40-2 lead Rio Grande train #136 east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon the morning of May 7, 1988.

A nice four back of EMD motors shove hard on Rio Grande lumber drag #126, heading east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Rio.

Back in the 1980s, the Utah County community of Lehi had a small town charm. Rio Grande's Railblazer train #103 is pictured crossing a quiet Main Street on the morning of July 15, 1988. The histor... (more)

Starting off a fantastic day of photography, train #143 descends Tennesee Pass soon after sunrise at 7:50am on September 23rd, a solid set of Rio Grande SD's leading 72 cars towards Grand Junction... (more)

Set of Rio Grande helpers descend the west slope of Tennesee Pass back to Minturn, passing through Deen Tunnel. NOTE: Photo shot THRU the tunnel, and power is going AWAY from photographer. Be Safe... (more)

No Saturation added! The colors in the high thin air of the Rockies are so vivid, they sometimes appear unreal. Peak fall colors greet eastbound #140 roaring up the Three Percent out of Pando, app... (more)

Fully engaged now on the climb out of Phippsburg, 105 coal loads grind their way westbound, sun and shadows playing havoc with the exposures but briefly bathing the head end's four SD40T-2's with ... (more)

Southbound coal slogs along south of Castle Rock on the climb to Palmer Divide, not giving the motorists on the parallel interstate much of a challenge. Three SD50's lead the way, and SD50/T-2 sho... (more)

One-hundred and five westbound loads of coal slowly snake through the canyon near Haybro, Colorado. Four SD40T-2's are up front, two more shoving as the through helper on the rear. Four more will ... (more)