Among the Black Eyed Susan Patch

Sharing some time with a bumble bee and a wasp I wait in the humid hot evening air north of Greeley along the route of the legends. Che... (more)

Union Pacific train SYUWC 17 (Special, Yuma AZ to West Colton Yard CA) exists the UP’s Alhambra Sub and enters West Colton Yard to spend the night and perform some maintenance. UP FEF-3 class 4... (more)

UP 844 opens the taps with plenty of straight track to get into a groove. This "Northern" class locomotive was built in 1944 and has never been retired from active service. Her top speed... (more)

Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Train 2017

2017, a pleasant year to chase and shoot the Cheyenne Frontier Days Denver Post train. A uniform yellow and gray excursion fle... (more)

UP 844 leads the "Sooner Rocket" out of Cheyenne as it nears the top of Archer Hill on a late summer morning. 844 is on its way to Oklahoma to help celebrate the state's Centennial. Shot on Fu... (more)

On April 28, 2006, Union Pacific’s famous 4-8-4 No. 844 leads an eastbound passenger train out of Watkins, Colorado, twenty miles east of Denver. Built by American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1... (more)

Long retired from fast freight service between L.A. and Omaha, the 844 still earns her keep on the Nevada Southern.

After arriving in Denver, 844 and this years Cheyenne Frontier Days Train wyed, before heading down the Belt Line Connection to North Yard. Here the train is crossing over the S. Platte River on t... (more)

Watch Nunn Grow!
On a hot summer afternoon (over 100 F!), UP 844 leads UP's Challenger, 3985, through Nunn, Colorado on the way to Denver on the Greeley sub. This is a positioning m... (more)

Sunset on the Last Run

The last Cheyenne Frontiers Day Denver Post charter hustles past the Platteville, CO elevator into the beautiful storm light.

Pulling an eastbound passenger special, Union Pacific No. 844 sails across the bridge over West Bijou Creek at Byers, Colorado, on a blustery April 28, 2006. This train is traveling over UP’s Li... (more)

Snowcapped mountains surround Boulder City, NV while UP GP30 #844 and Amtrak F40 #231 sit quietly at the train station.

Union Pacific No. 844 leads the eastbound Feather River Canyon Special into Keddie on a cold and rainy morning. The special will tie up at Portola Ca for the night before continuing eastbound.

Union Pacific No. 844 leads the eastbound Feather River Canyon Special across the Rock Creek Trestle on a cold and rainy morning.