Westward under the Pecos Signal Tower
Arrival into Denver July 28, 2022 the Big Boy moves west towards Arvada on the Moffat Road.

The Great Divide at East Portal

A Winter storm is just clearing from the 14,000 foot peaks of the Great Divide. Just after 8 o-clock the daily BNSF Provo Lincoln manifest i... (more)

The Big Boy at Dale Junction

Typical early Spring at Dale, snow still lingers and vibrant sun as Big Boy, #4014 rolls up the Harriman Cutoff on its way to Laramie and eventuall... (more)

Patrick Henry Creative Promotions Private varnish on the Moffat Road on this pleasant spring day near the Great Divide.

The Grandstands of the Great Plains

California Zephyr and the grandstands of the Great Plains. I looked out the window and saw the break at Big Ten from an ongoing thundersh... (more)

Southbound loaded coal rolls over the Larkspur, Colorado bridge over Carpenter Creek and Spruce Mountain Road on the Joint Line. Stormy skies and superb storm light fill the region. Shot on Mavic ... (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)

Punching the Drift

At Tunnel 1 a days worth of snowfall was at the railhead when Amtrak #6 the California Zephyr blasts through the piled snow from a full days snowfall at th... (more)

Homage to Otto

Overcast and fog conditions grip Sherman Hill and the east slope to Cheyenne. The Big Boy is rolling in along Otto Road on the Overland Route.

West Portal Sunset

Heavy manifest MNPWC-15 blasts out of Hermosa East Portal Main 1 into the long shadows and warm light of a Wyoming Overland Route sunset.

A Very Patriotic Leyden Sunset Natures own fireworks so close to the 4th of July. Westbound Grand Junction bound manifest gets underway out of Leyden into the last light of a summer day.

Tunnel 26 Aglow in Reflected Light

Westbound through the tunnel district the daily Provo manifest tugs 10 power units 7 in view here through the Rockies not around them. The af... (more)

Rare Leader on Moffat An oil train had an extraordinary leader on Moffat.

God Rays
Crepuscular rays fill the skies over a sunset on the front range and Denver after a line of receding thunderstorms pull away to the east. The westbound MNYGJ is in lit... (more)

Happy Holidays

The Colorado Railroad Museum operates the Polar Express Train Ride November through December every season. With special arrangements we set up a shoot with Al Bl... (more)