A Study in Mammattas A blast of cool light filtered under receding thunderstorms over Boulder County and the I25 corridor lifts the darkness under an anvil laced in mammattus clouds givin... (more)
Stormy Light That light that just commands your attention. Storms receded eastward on the high plains of Colorado leave just enough time for some drama over the lake.
BNSF's daily priority Chicago, IL to Denver, CO priority intermodal train flies through Barr Lake State Park en-route to its terminus of Denver
Gust Fronts and Hail Storm chasing and train chasing often times goes hand in hand. In this case finding a subject at any cost before the fast storms move on.
BNSF 1652 (SD40-2) takes a bunch of oil cans to the refinery in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 2621 (GP 39-3) crosses a bridge in Brighton, Colorado, with a short string of oil cans for the terminal in Hudson, Colorado.
The California Zephyr runs past Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado at sunrise as it heads Denver.
Charging hard around the curve of Brighton, UP 4014 heads north along the Greeley Sub, towards Cheyenne, with a nine car passenger special.
BNSF 8337 (ES44AC) leads the Z Train east on the Brush Sub through Brighton, Colorado.
BNSF 7800 (ES44AC) leads a power-heavy Z train past Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado.
BNSF 9059 (SD70ACe) catches the sun as storms move off to the east in the opposite direction.
Great storm light catches BNSF 8526 (SD70ACe) leading an empty coal train past Barr Lake on the Brush Sub.
Storm light catches BNSF 9928 (SD70MAC) as it muscles an empty coal train east through Barr Lake on the Brush Sub.
A late California Zephyr provides the opportunity to get a shot at Barr Lake with the sun on the nose.
Snow clouds are closing in as a Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the Colorado Front Range. The California Zephyr runs past Barr Lake as the sun peaks between the storm clouds.