2 photos: springsgov.com The restaurant that preserved the D&RG depot in Colorado Springs, Colorado from the wrecking ball in the 197...

Update:  10/21/2011 2:55 PM - As promised, I have  a full map of the stops in Colorado  with arrival and departure times. Union Pacific h...

In 1984, the Rio Grande was in its prime, and the video camera was just becoming semi-affordable. Primitive by today's digital standards...

The aspen colors have nearly faded across the Rockies, and pro football is in full swing. The days are getting colder, and furnaces are begi...

Anna Beninati, the 17 year-old student who followed her friends in a near-fatal attempt to hop a freight train and fell beneath the wheels o...

I watch a lot of documentaries and non-fiction TV. Up until now, however, I'd never seen a show about scrapping locomotives. It's sa...

I happened across an anecdote today that comes from the days of widespread passenger rail. It's a simple one that I've taken the lib...

If you wonder, like I sometimes do, what Tennessee Pass looks like about now, with all the aspens aglow and fluttering in the early fall bre...

So what is up with CR's Photo Of The Day? Well, you may not like it or you may not even care, but I have an admission to make. I am real...

Sorry about being off-schedule yesterday for a POTD. I've been under the weather. Your prayers and kind thoughts are appreciated. In t...

The Picture of the Day is a bit of a secret. Did you know at least one Rio Grande tunnel motor went to Brazil ? Yup. She seems to have bee...

A sudden dip in the temperature this weekend reminded me that winter is only a little over 3 months away. Former D&RGW class K-28 engine...

Editor's Warning This news article describes the real-life, violent injury of a person. Reader discretion is encouraged.

Since the accident last week , Amtrak hasn't been running the California Zephyr , owing both to the accident and damage from the floods ...

Today is Friday before Labor Day (Yeah!), and so we're wrapping up the theme for the week of One Train . Five different photographs of o...

For POTD this Thursday, I'm continuing the theme of One Train . Today's is very similar to yesterday's in terms of angle, but it...

Trainstar , says that Unstoppable is "great train porn." While I may not agree with her wording, it's a great way to sum it u...

Continuing with part III of this week's theme: One train . Perhaps the most classic pictures known in railroad photography circles ...

This week's theme is: One train . I have always been an acolyte of long lens work. There's something about being able to take a ...