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1994

November 18, 2019 ACTIONroad

Some years are just special.  Opportunities present themselves in abundance.  Unexpected challenges emerge.  Enormous amounts of film are exposed (refer back to the statement about

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Trip: Pilgrimage to Helper, 2001

September 25, 2019 ACTIONroad

A Look Back on an Iconic Railfan Excursion For a period just before and after the turn of the millennium, the small railroad town of

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Solo Trip: The Borderlands

September 4, 2019 ACTIONroad

For the photos that accompany this trip, click here (opens in new window). The routes of the former D&RGW pass through a number of remote, all-but-inaccessible,

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From My Little World…

August 1, 2019 ACTIONroad

Although still green as grass in this area, I’ve stumbled around enough to have a couple of observations and even a suggestion or two.

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Ski Train Hunting

May 31, 2019 ACTIONroad

For about sixty years, the Rio Grande railroad and its corporate successors (i.e. Ansco) operated a ski train between Denver and the Winter Park resort

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Rio Grande Ski Train

F9’s Leading, Domes Trailing

May 3, 2019 ACTIONroad

In early 1984, I frequently went out to photograph the Ski Train along the Front Range west of Denver. One happy day, just prior to

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Recent Posts

  • A DCC Update December 15, 2020
  • USAF F-82G August 29, 2020
  • Easy Weathering for rolling stock July 23, 2020
  • 1994 November 18, 2019
  • Trip: Pilgrimage to Helper, 2001 September 25, 2019

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