Code Poles and Track Speed
Ed Dickens is on the fireman side for his watchful eye over the Overland Route right of way in western Nebraska. Running track speed near Ogallala, N... (more)

Severe Storm Season
Nothing delights me more than working mother nature at her best in all the drama and impact it has to offer. Light the way into the storm, an HPC with small hail... (more)

Ancient Snow Fences

Ancient snow/wind fences decay beneath the Sherman Granite in the early Winter‘s light. An eastbound Z train shares a profile with “Great Pink Pantherâ€... (more)

Collision of Seasons at Golden

Crews work the Golden Switcher or more popularly known as the Coors Beer Run at North Yard just outside the Coors property. A clash of season... (more)

Kane Creek Geology

In the land of the Arches one might get the impression from the geology surrounding the inbound potash local of the origins of these mythical formation... (more)

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.

The first thunderstorm complexes of the 2020 season rumble northeasterly over Boulder County while the last light of the day strikes a westbound oil train around the horseshoe at Coal Creek. Gett... (more)

Clearing Snow System

Tuesday morning December 29th, 2020 Amtrak P42DC number 161 leads the California Zephyr train number 5 seen here climbing to tunnel 1 on the Moffat Sub... (more)

Winter Solstice

The softness of beautiful winter evening light captivates the frozen steam from his majesty the Big Boy. Wasatch class 4-8-8-4 is nearly home after an astoundin... (more)

Golden Ski Train Sunrise plays a tapestry of light and shadow with the rolling fields of the high plains below the Front Range between Denver and Plainview with Winter Park Express hig... (more)

In an answered prayer, Union Pacific #5617 leads the MGJNY through East Portal on a clash of the seasons kind of morning. Working the Moffat 4 out of a 7 day week from September through October wi... (more)

Thoroughbreds in The Stable. Provenance, pedigree, original, profound. Union Pacific 4014, 844, and 3985, stable mates in the shrine in Cheyenne, WYO.

The Storms of the High Plains

Isolated thunderstorms were marching easterly across the High Plains of eastern Colorado on July 29, 2020. The usual parade of westbound coal bu... (more)

Deep Snow and Sand
Hiding out behind some heavily flocked pines despite backlit the morning sun delights the senses in a winter wonderland view of Crescent after a foot or more of sn... (more)

Winter’s Early Arrival

Steady snowfall overnight left nearly a foot of fresh snow on Cescent, CO and most of the eastern slope of Colorado. 90 degree temperatures 36 hours pr... (more)