The Storms of the High Plains

Isolated thunderstorms were marching easterly across the High Plains of eastern Colorado on July 29, 2020. The usual parade of westbound coal bu... (more)

After some late day storms, the weather settles down a bit as the sun sets. while a northbound Union Pacific coal empty passes a BNSF coal train on Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on June 21, 2... (more)

The Storms over Denver & Big Ten

Storms continue to leave heavy rain and hail over the suburbs of Denver and the High Plains. The evening sun brings out a rainbow and is ab... (more)

CSX Q026 outraces a tornadic mesocyclone in the town of Rebecca, Georgia. Thanks to Samuel Latham for the hospitality this past week! I had a blast... It was also fun chasing this and the rocket b... (more)

Riders on the Storm

In the moments before a violent thunderstorm unleashes its precipitation the clouds take on this dark ominous appearance. Hail stones and large rain dro... (more)

As a large thunderstorm rolls east along the plains of Colorado in the background, BNSF 3933 leads the Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest up and around Big Ten Curve after overtaking a westbound UP ... (more)

Amtrak #5, on time with the California Zephyr is passing through the Flatirons in Boulder County near tunnel 3 and 4 amidst a characteristically December Christmas week deep in the Tunnel District... (more)

Union Pacific The Big Boy is just departing Denver for Cheyenne in the midst of a classic November, Colorado Wyoming blizzard. By the time the Big Boy reaches Wyoming nearly a foot of snow had com... (more)

The A&M Monett Turn backing down into an elevator loop while some storms linger in the background.

In a torrent of heavy freezing and cold rain at Cumbres Pass #487 struggles up to the pass on the wet rail. The first signs of a long Winter on the pass are evident with the coming of the late Fal... (more)

High above the Colorado Front Range, the sound of dynamic breaks can be heard as an empty BNSF sand train descends out of Tunnel 1 and through the horseshoe curve at Coal Creek Canyon, CO on June ... (more)

As early summer thunderstorms rumble over the Book Cliffs, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5390 and 5371, head westbound out of Mounds, Utah, with Union Pacific’s LJP45 â€... (more)

Punching out of the Core

After punching the core in Longmont, CO of a severe warned thunderstorm, a southbound sand train with BNSF 7907 leading is along the Diagonal Highway e... (more)

On the cold winter eve of January 25, 2020, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crosses a frozen Trout Creek over Bridge 55 as night approaches over the Clark Fork Valley at Trout Creek, Montana.

Sunset on the Last Run

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