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Amtrak 4 At Minderman, Colorado - 7/99
  • Canon T90, 80mm f1.2 L, Fuji Provia
  • Amtrak 4 splits the west Minderman blades at 90 mph under a 4th of July sunset.
UP 3985 At Wumsutter, WY - 6/82
  • Canon A1, 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
  • UP Challenger 3985 steams through central Wyoming on her way back to Cheyenne after an outing in Utah and Idaho.
BN 5038 Near Bill, Wyoming - 7/84
  • Canon A1, 50mm f1.8 Kodachrome 64
  • A BN coal load heads south by the evening colors outside of Bill, Wyoming.
BN Meet At Longmont,Colorado - 6/97
  • Canon T90, 50mm f1.4, Kodachrome 64
  • A pair of BN freights meet in the rising sun at the Longmont yards.
BNSF 600 At Thoreau, New Mexico - 7/98
  • Canon T90, 50mm f1.4, Kodak E200
  • The evening sun glints on the side of a BNSF GE after a very hot day in the New Mexico desert.
Santa Fe At East Sais, New Mexcio - 8/81
  • Canon A1, 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
  • A hot Santa Fe piggybacker leaves the sunset behind as it starts up Abo Canyon.
BNSF Coal Train Near Toadstool Park, Nebraska - 11/98
  • Canon F1N, 50mm f1.4, Kodak E200
  • A BNSF coal load growls by the pretty sunset about 15 miles north of Crawford.
DRGW At Avondale, CO - 2/85
  • Canon A1, 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
  • A DRGW freight prepares to leave the siding after a meet with a Missouri Pacific train at Avondale, CO.
BNSF Freight At Boulder, Colorado - 6/97
  • Canon T90, 50mm f1.4, Kodak E200
  • A EMD lease unit pulls a train out of Boulder on a very early June morning in 1997.
MKT Near Sibley, MO - 3/84
  • Canon A1, 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
  • A MKT SD40-2 leads a train on Santa Fe tracks near Sibley, MO.
Semaphores At Lewis, Kansas - 10/98
  • Canon T90, 35-105mm f3.5, Kodak E200
  • Semaphores stand sentinel to the rising sun at Lewis, KS on this cold October morning.
Semaphores At Mindermen, Colorado - 9/98
  • Canon T90, 300mm f4, Kodak E200
  • Semaphores at the west end of the Minderman siding stand guard behind the fading sunset on a Labor Day weekend.
UP Coal Load At Northport, Nebraska - 8/98
  • Canon T90, 80-200 f4 L, Kodak E200
  • A UP SD90MAC blasts out of the setting sun and through the diamond at Northport.




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