I inherited a lot of my interests from my dad. He was a photographer. He handed down his old Mamiya/Sekor 500 DTL when he thought I was ready to try out photography with an SLR. He was a musician and instilled a love of baroque organ music that still defines the core of my musical interests. And he loved trains. I fondly remember hours spent trackside at the Burlington Northern’s Eola yard near my hometown of Aurora, IL watching tiger-striped GP50’s on hot intermodals and the unceasing parade of E9 powered “Dinkies.” These photos are the result of a lifelong appreciation of railroading and the men and women that work hard to deliver the commodities and the goods that run our lives.
Welcome Back, #346!
Welcome Back, #346!
Snow on the Ski Train - Denver Union Station
Snow on the Ski Train - Denver Union Station
Limon Sub Sunrise
Limon Sub Sunrise
Christmas Eve Noir
Christmas Eve Noir
Ski Train in Snow - Denver Union Station
Ski Train in Snow - Denver Union Station
Maintenance
Maintenance
O5b Driver
O5b Driver
Snow at the Tunnel
Snow at the Tunnel
UP 844 Portrait
UP 844 Portrait
2008 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train at Denver Union Station
2008 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train at Denver Union Station
Wells Street Bridge
The Wells Street Bridge in Chicago, Illinois carrys pedestrian, vehicular and CTA "El" traffic across the Chicago River. It's a bascule bridge that dates to 1922. It's approaching a century of service in this image taken on October 13th, 2021.
2011 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train at Brighton
2011 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train at Brighton
Moving the Grain - Cozad, NE
Moving the Grain - Cozad, NE
Autumn at the Tunnel
Autumn at the Tunnel
Portrait of 265
Natural light from a partially opened door creates some dynamic light on the headlight, numberboards and smokebox of Milwuakee Road 265. The S-3 class Northern was a war baby built in 1944. Her sister, 261, is one of the first really large steam locomotives that I ever saw under steam.
Moffat Sunrise
Moffat Sunrise
The Furnace - North Yard
The Furnace - North Yard
Early Morning Smoke at North Yard
Early Morning Smoke at North Yard
The Sun Sets on 2010
The Sun Sets on 2010
UP 1989 on the Ski Train
UP 1989 on the Ski Train
UP 844 Morning - Cheyenne, WY
UP 844 Morning - Cheyenne, WY
Q Train at Sunset
Q Train at Sunset
Morning Intermodal - Canyon, TX
Morning Intermodal - Canyon, TX
End of the Run
End of the Run
UP1989 on the Ski Train
UP1989 on the Ski Train
Arrival of the Zephyr
Arrival of the Zephyr
Steel vs Stainless
The warm tones of rusty carbon steel contrast against the gleaming stainless of the Nebraska Zepyhr at the Illinois Railway Museum on September 19th, 2021.Nikon Z7Tamron SP 20-40mm f2.7-3.5 on FTZ AdapterSingh Ray Warming Circular PolarizerFormatt Hitech 2-stop Soft Graduated Neutral Density filter