The trail leading up the bluff from the 2016 High Plains Rendezvous to Fort Atkinson SHP.

Roxborough St. Pk. With elevations ranging from

5,900 to 7,600 feet, Roxborough’s

landscape beautifully illustrates a

Front Range transition from plains

to mountains. On the west border

of the park, the rugged granite

of Carpenter Peak is flanked by

elegantly layered gneiss. The red

sandstone spires of the Fountain

Formation accent the foothills as

they dip away and into the scrub

oaks. The Roxborough landscape

is characterized by two more

sandstone hogbacks: the Lyons

and the Dakota, before rolling into

prairie grasslands to the east—

encompassing over 1.3 billion years

of geologic time

The men of the Australian Military begin gearing up. New recruits get the jist the the military also

For Private LMG

UP 7217 (AC4400CW) leads an eastbound manifest out of Global 3 past the Rochelle Railroad Park in Rochelle, IL.

UP Local Freight Train secured in Apex, NV with a pair of SD40N’s in charge

After taking the winter months off Union Pacific FEF3 #844 returned to the mainline on April 10th, 2017 for a 'break-in' run between Cheyenne, WY and Greeley, CO. On the return leg of its journey 844 is working up grade towards Speer, WY with a train of support cars in tow. Diesel 2760 spent most of the day in various dynamics notches simulating a load for the big ALCo to pull.

UP 844 ~ PCYCY3 ~ Terry Bison Ranch, Wyoming

Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision

04.10.2017

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UP GP60 1038 leads a very large KD local west out of Belvidere, IL.

Being a relatively low priority move, the Spirit only made it as far as the first siding south of Omaha at Murray before being instructed to take the siding to meet three northbounds. Here they creep past the old wooden elevator in town to the south end of the siding to kick up the feet for a while.

Jimmy

UP coal train CCDJK9 (Cordero Mine-Jeffrey, KS) approaching Antelope Rd. on BNSF's Orin Subdivision. 8/25/2022

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Some close up fence!

HGGT!

50mm @ f2

UP LTA41

At first glance I thought it was a junkyard, but upon closer inspection, I don't think there is a vehicle in the lot that I wouldn't want to take out for a spin. Taken at 300mm, so a good ways away (err above).

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UP 7474 heads east at Cienega Creek on the Southern Pacific's Sunset Route

UP SD70ACe #1996 was on display during the "Pacific Railroad Days Festival" in Pacific, MO over the weekend of September 16/17, 2017. I wandered out Sunday afternoon under cloudy skies.

-UP SD70ACe #1996 (Southern Pacific Heritage)

-UP (ex-MoPac) Jefferson City Sub

-St. Louis St & Columbus St, Pacific, MO

-September 17, 2017

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Everyone has their opinion on the Wall....

UP 3392 east is using track rights on the BNSF Trans-Con, passing the new connection at MilePole 185 in the Spring of 1998. Single boxcar must have been high priority to be on a stack train.

An open-air observation car collects dust in the East Broad Top Railroad shops, having not seen use in a few years.

Westbound UP local crosses Rock Creek near Bennett TX, April 1999.

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New scheme UP 6483 leads this Long Beach bound manifest at Delano.

I wanted to take a pic "looking up" at something for Maelia's fun 7DWF group, so I put a Star-6 filter on the lens and went for it. I'd never used a star filter before and was surprised at how the pics came out!!

Some lights had no star effects, others looked like this pic. Not really a "star", but you can see the 6 star-ish flares coming from the light. (It's a 5 fixture LED lamp, so the other flares are spilling over from the other LEDs.) Interesting. I'll have to experiment some more. Such fun. :-)

p.s. I was just reading about star filters.. so interesting!! I think I got this effect because I was so close the the subject. "Subject-to-lens distance: The closer you are to the light that is producing the star effect, the larger the star effect will be in your frame." Plus using a smaller aperture, plus etc!! I'll have to print the article to read more. ;-)

Woodie up in a tree in Echallens, Switzerland

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Overlooking the boats down at Keyhaven this morning which are often lined up in an orderly fashion.

Met up with talented photographer and fellow Westonian, Simon (Rep001) for a sunrise shoot followed by coffee and croissants. Not the most vibrant one but very moody with some interesting light and lots of possibilities.

Thanks Simon for coming over my way so early and sharing some helpful tips it was great to meet you :)

Portencross, Scotland.

Photos belong to Robyn from Bratz Heaven.

I must say, the make-up and quality control looks A LOT better than the promo pics.

Some rain drops in the backyard, you never know what you will find after the rain.

K-Line intermodal EB near Biggs, OR UP Portland Sub MP 100.

UP 8459 is looking bad as it leads CSX train K682 at Savage Road in Churchville, NY on October 20, 2019. I had set up my lawn chair at the Savage Road crossing hoping to get a few trains in some Fall colors, since the NS Southern Tier is devoid of any daylight trains. I could hear this train calling signals as it approached, and was happy to get something other than the usual CSX GE fatheads. I didn't count on a front door in primer that really messes up that UP herald.

Third of three southbound trains fleeting down the Fresno Sub at French Camp.

A southbound Union Pacific coal train from the Powder River Basin meets a returning northbound empty train on the former MKT at the south switch at Mingo near Denton, Texas. The rolling profile is common in north Texas.

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Sevilla tuvo una niña y le pusieron Triana

Seville´s daughter was called Triana

Cuando iba editando esta foto cada vez mas se me iba pareciendo a una acuarela y de hecho en los comentarios me lo han puesto. Muchas gracias amigos

Just made #6 on explore !

I've been a tad busy of late with the added bonus of working in London all week, meaning a longer commute than usual. This means I've been unable to take many photos even though I've been carrying my G9 around with me every day.

On my commute I pass Charing Cross station, which is just a mess of lines and tiles - a very harsh enviroment and certainly not that welcoming. It does make for some rather nice black and white geometric shots. I'll be passing through again after the weekend so will have another go.

UP 8642 is stuck in the new backtrack in Salmon Arm.

A pair of UP Tier IV GEEZ leads a pair of CSX GEVO's east on a double stack train at the big curve at Lenape. Not going to be able to shoot here much longer with that sun slowly creeping back north on the horizon. in 3 months we'll be shooting Westbound trains from the other side of the track in the evening.

A UP passenger deadhead heads south out of Bellevue on the Falls City Sub towards Kansas City and points beyond.