An eastbound Union Pacific freight runs through sunny snow showers as it heads down the grade from Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

On April 15, 2013, the Denver, Colorado, area received anywhere from 8 inches to over a foot of wet spring snow, and it’s still coming down as dusk begins to settle in on the fuel track at Union... (more)

Under the Mickey Mouse Wall
Tunnel 3 and 4 play host to a coal bucket in home road colors shortly after sunrise.

Summer Sunset at East Portal
Westbound big oil is making its way to East Portal and under the Great Divide.

Fields of Gold on the High Plains Route
Rare pre-dawn thunderstorms march on a line south easterly near Roggen. Just past sunrise above the ridge of the passing thunderstorms... (more)

The Storms over the Palmer Divide
Sun pockets galore and vibrant storm light fill this scene with drama and action. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.

Screaming Eagle under the Great Divide
Eastbound MGJNY with 1982 on the point into a glorious early summer sunrise in the Colorado Rockies.

Summer Evening on the Hill
Busy traffic from detours, several coal trains loaded among the normal such as the MGJNY seen here at Tolland dance with the late evening Summer ligh... (more)

Storm Light on 4014
Storms were firing all along 4014’s southern trip to Denver July 8th. Between Fort Luptin the opportunity to strike some of my favorite shots developed fo... (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.

Morning Light & Mountain Pastures

Grand Junction to Denver manifest made a timely appearance for a shot I’ve been attempting in that special light in a fresh 10” of mount... (more)

Conductor Del Trefry has just thrown a switch in the UP's North Yard and provides a good scale comparison of the monster size of the Big Boy locomotive 4014, which is emerging from a cloud of stea... (more)

Eagle on the Continental Divide

The Union Pacific heritage Missouri Pacific Eagle rolls into the morning sun just after sunrise on a summer’s morning east of the Great Di... (more)

Rio Grande Heritage

The lines of our heritage hang loosely connected to infinity; relics from the last century scattered and disconnected. The stories these code line poles cou... (more)

Roggen Sunrise

Eastbound into the first light of a mid winter day glows on the open prairie and pumpkin orange BNSF at track speed. The warm color pallet disguises the sub zero... (more)