Type: Photos
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Rock Formation in Utah
Read This Post: Rock Formation in UtahWhile Arches National Park and Monument Valley National Park each boast of spectacular red rock formations, you don’t have to go far from the highway to see other spectacular formations. Here we’re passing by what looks to be a rock island jest east of U.S. Route 191 in southwestern Utah. The different lines in the…
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Trinidad Mountain and Sign
Read This Post: Trinidad Mountain and SignOvershadowed by bigger cities along Interstate 25 in Colorado, Trinidad is a lovely little town just north of the border with New Mexico. Founded in 1879, the town sits on the historic Santa Fe Trail and is was an important stop on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe’s Raton Pass route, home to the Super…
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Train Traveling Through Flagstaff
Read This Post: Train Traveling Through FlagstaffTrains traveling through Flagstaff along BNSF’s southern transcontinental route can travel up to 50 miles per hour through town and close to 60 miles per hour in rural areas. Running between Chicago and Los Angeles, the line carries almost any kind of cargo you can imagine, from intermodal traffic to grain trains to coal trains…
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Texas Big Country Sky
Read This Post: Texas Big Country SkyAs you make your way west along Interstate 20 from Fort Worth, you quickly find yourself in the Big Country region of Texas. While the name “Big Country” came from developers hoping to sell people on the attractiveness of the land around Abilene, on our travels west it feels more appropriate for the name to…
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Rock Formations Near Sedona
Read This Post: Rock Formations Near SedonaThe journey between Flagstaff and Sedona, Arizona, along U.S. Highway 89A is filled with spectacular landscapes. There are a number of picturesque red sandstone formation that give passersby a striking view of the area. As we enter Sedona from the north, the Schnebly Hills greet us with this awe-inspiring view.
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Rocky Plateau at the Grand Canyon
Read This Post: Rocky Plateau at the Grand CanyonSomething you don’t realize about the Grand Canyon until you’re actually there is just how deep it truly is. The canyon averages a depth of about 4,000 feet and its deepest point is 6,000 feet (over one mile) deep. The amount of erosion the Colorado River and its tributaries have done over is simply staggering.
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Rio Grande Streamline Engine
Read This Post: Rio Grande Streamline EngineBuilt in 1955, Denver and Rio Grande Western 5771 spent most of its time pulling passenger trains along the D&RGW’s Moffat Tunnel route between Denver and Salt Lake City. During the first part of its life, 5771 led the D&RGW’s portion of the famed California Zephyr passenger train through the Rocky Mountains, linking up with…
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Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose
Read This Post: Rio Grande Southern Galloping GooseFaced with the prospect of dwindling customers and revenue due to the Great Depression, the Rio Grande Southern needed a cheaper way to move passengers, freight and, more importantly, mail along its line between Durango and Ridgeway, Colorado. Enter the Galloping Goose. These were seven motor railcars that were derived from full size automobile cars….
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Raton Pass Tracks
Read This Post: Raton Pass TracksAs a part of the old Santa Fe trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Kansas City, Missouri, Raton Pass was a focal point for the Colorado Railroad Wars between the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Eventually, the ATSF would gain the rights to build their…
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Pikes Peak Cog Railway Station
Read This Post: Pikes Peak Cog Railway StationBuilt in 1890, the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway recently went through a complete rebuild, including replacing the original track, upgrading the station in Manitou Springs and purchasing new trains for a better ride up and down the mountain. Today we’re enjoying some time walking around the station and taking a look the…
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Rocks on Pikes Peak
Read This Post: Rocks on Pikes PeakClimbing higher up towards the top of Pikes Peak, even the grass has stopped growing at this elevation. Instead, we’re left with Pikes Peak granite rocks, which have a pinkish color due to their large amount of potassium feldspar, and moss. But what we lack in animals and plants up here we make up with…
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Grassland on Pikes Peak
Read This Post: Grassland on Pikes PeakAbove the timberline, the fauna on Pikes Peak is reduced to simple grasslands covering a rocky surface. Animals such as marmots and bighorn sheep can be seen from the tracks, though none are making an appearance at the moment. Today we get to see clouds scrap along the side of the mountain as the temperature…
