Sunset in Dumas, Texas. Headed north...
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This is part of an HO-N3 model railroad on exhibit in the Union Pacific Depot Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The model railroad was built by Harry Brunk of Clarkson, Nebraska over a 30-year period.
Model railroad at the Union Pacific Depot Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Grand Opening of the Transcontinental Railroad! Omaha to San Francisco. May 10, 1869.
Interior of the Union Pacific Depot in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Jill waits patiently at the Union Pacific Depot in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Built in 1887, the Union Pacific Depot helped establish Cheyenne, Wyoming as a major stop on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Union Pacific 4004 "Big Boy" was the last of the great coal-fired steam locomotives.
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The giant drive wheels on the Big Boy 4004 - Union Pacific's last great steam locomotive.
Union Pacific 1242 was the oldest steam locomotive to operate in Wyoming. This 4-6-0 coal-fired engine was built in 1890.
Amber waves of grain and purple mountains: THIS is why I love Teton Valley, Idaho!
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The Teton range and Oxbow Bend at sunset - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
This shot of Mt. Moran at sunset was made by combining six different exposures into one High Dynamic Range image. Oxbow Bend - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Mt. Moran reflected in the waters at Oxbow Bend - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Jill and I took a few days off from enjoying Teton Valley and drove up to Glacier National Park in Montana. Wow! Cool place!
St. Mary Lake - Glacier National Park - Montana
The light wasn't very good on the first day in Glacier National Park so I cooked these shots up a little with Photomatix. In a few years I won't remember how dull it really looked and I'll start to like the way these turned out......
Saint Mary Lake - Glacier National Park - Montana
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Along the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park - Montana
Sinopah Mountain (Blackfoot for "kit fox") starts to light up with the sunrise over Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana
Sunrise over Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana
Two Medicine Lake - Glacier National Park, Montana
Glacier Park Lodge - East Glacier, Montana
The Garden at Glacier Park Lodge - East Glacier, Montana
BNSF rail trestle near Goat Lick, Montana