I began videotaping trains on Colorado's Denver-Pueblo Joint Line in December 1985, with an RCA VHS camcorder. Since then I have filmed trains throughout Colorado, throughout much of the United States, and briefly in England. For many years I used a Panasonic AG-450 Super-VHS “Reporter” camcorder. For the last twenty years, I have been filming using a Canon GL-2. Why have I not upgraded to something more contemporary? The primary reason is that I like filming in the standard definition (4:3) aspect ratio, as opposed to high definition (6:9). Folks think that high def makes the screen larger by expanding the left and right sides. Instead, I think high def cuts off the top and bottom of the screen. Go to any IMAX theatre. Look at the dimensions of the screen. It’s 4:3! I also really like Canon’s GL-2. My passion is for Colorado and Southwest railroads, for the beautiful scenery that they traverse. Much of my latest work has concentrated there.
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Walt Loevy
On July 26, 2010, the Union Pacific Railroad operated a very unique passenger train for a very unique group of people. Union Pacific steam locomotive no. 844 was relettered "Lionel Lines" to pull the Lionel Collectors Club Special from Denver Union Station, in Colorado, to the historic depot museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming. No. 844 was accompanied by the largest diesel locomotive ever built, UP DDA40X no. 6936, the Centennial, to pull a sizable train of historic streamlined passenger cars for people who enjoyed building and collecting Lionel toy trains. Here, the northbound train passed by traditional tri-light signals near Dover, Colo. See all of the excitement in the next production to appear on this channel, entitled, "Jul-Oct 2010 Lionel Collectors Club Special & UP Trains, UP Steam 844, Centennial 6936, Greeley Sub." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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Fresh looking Union Pacific ES44AC no. 7698 leads a freight train around the rock outcroppings near Potter, Nebraska. Trains such as this are typical on the railroad's famous transcontinental Overland Route. In May 2026, conventional freight trains shared trackage with Big Boy no. 4014, an articulated steam locomotive built in 1941. Such trains appear in the next full-length production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "May 2026 Big Railroad Big Steam Sidney Sub, UP 4014, UP SD40-2 SD70M SD70ACe AC4400CW ES44AC C44ACM." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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Santa Fe C40-8W no. 915 leads a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight eastbound, through Pinecliffe, Colorado, in May 1999. This is a trackage rights train, operating over Union Pacific's former Denver & Rio Grande Western Moffat Tunnel Route. This four-unit set also includes a brand new BNSF C44-9W, a "Kodakrome" Santa Fe C30-7, and a Santa Fe SD40-2. This train appears in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "May 1999 Colo. Front Range Railroads; Joint Line, Denver Pacific, Moffat Tunnel Route; SF Kodakrome!" Posting is scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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Private group reservations were often required to ride in the last three cars of the Denver to Winter Park, Colorado Ski Train. They were a vista-dome car, a buffet car, and an observation car. This was the classic Winter Park Ski Train, which operated through the 2009 winter ski season before being discontinued. Hustling passed Leyden siding, near Arvada, this was the predecessor to the modern day Amtrak Winter Park Express. These private cars appear in the next production to appear on this channel, entitled, "Feb 2006 Classic Ski Train Magic Through Rocky Mountains." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, September 15, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. This is an off-schedule bonus post, be it, the video is only three minutes long. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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Union Pacific's commemorative locomotive, UP 1989, in Denver & Rio Grande Western inspired paint, is in second position on an eastbound autorack train, in March 2026. A little worse for wear, no. 1989 hustles through Point of Rocks, Wyoming, enroute to Rawlins, Laramie, Cheyenne, and points east, on the Rawlins and Laramie subdivisions. This one of a kind SD70ACe-class locomotive is featured in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Mar-Apr 2026 The Rio Grande Locomotive, UP 1989, UP Steam 4014, UP C44ACM ES44AC C44AC SD70ACe SD70M." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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The Sierra Hotel and Puget Sound are properly restored vista-dome lounge cars, among several refurbished historic rail passenger cars in the modern era. Occasionally, its owners will charter trips on the rear of regularly scheduled Amtrak trains for cross-country outings. In 2010, the Sierra Hotel and Puget Sound were among several vintage cars operating on the rear of the eastbound Southwest Chief, as it trundled passed a pair of classic semaphore signals, in Bernal, New Mexico. Look for them in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Sept 2010 Private Cars Semaphore Signals & Amtrak's Southwest Chief, Santa Fe Raton & Glorieta Subs." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the image to see the entire picture.
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Union Pacific celebrated America's founding by operating the "250th Anniversary Special," beginning with a trip west from Cheyenne, Wyoming, in March 2026. A special passenger train was pulled by the railroad's largest operating steam locomotive, UP no. 4014, a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy-class engine built in 1941. Here, the Big Boy passes through Point of Rocks, Wyoming, on the Rawlins Subdivision, just before arriving in Rock Springs. This locomotive and train are featured in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "March 2026 Big Railroad Big Steam, UP 4014, UP C44ACM ES44AC AC44CCTE AC4400CW SD70AH SD70ACe SD70M." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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Union Pacific SD60M no. 6314 is a 1990s era diesel locomotive, eastbound through Kimball, Nebraska, on the railroad's Overland Route. This and similar UP diesels of historic nature appear in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "May-July 1999 Laramie & Rawlins Subs, UP Steam 844, UP Challenger 3985, UP C36-7 C40-8 SD40-2 SD60M." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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Norfolk Southern no. 4220, a rebuilt AC44C6M, is an end-of-train helper on an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe empty coal train, as it trundles through Keenesburg, Colorado, on its way back to the coal fields of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Serving as foreign power on BNSF's coal route in 2025, no. 4220 is a fine example of Norfolk Southern's conversion program, turning DC (direct current) electric motors into AC (alternating current) electric-motored diesel locomotives, as part of an overall locomotive upgrade and rebuilding effort. Several "new" NS AC44C6M units were operating as foreign power on BNSF. Such examples appear in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Nov-Dec 2025 NS AC44C6M & BNSF Freights in Southern Colo, BNSF GP39-2 SD70ACe ET44C4 ES44C4 C44-9WH1." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the image to see the entire picture.
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Dome observation car "Sierra Hotel" has its end-of-train mars light on, as a string of privately owned and operated passenger cars head west to Alamosa, Colorado, on the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad. In September 2010, the Rio Grande Scenic hosted a rail excursion for the Association of American Private Rail Car Owners. The Sierra Hotel is one of several lovingly preserved historic passenger cars that made up this very unique train. The trip between Walsenburg and Alamosa was a scenic one, traversing the famous La Veta Pass of the old Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. This train and others appear in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Sept 2010 Private Cars Semaphore Signals & Amtrak's Southwest Chief, Raton Glorieta Alamosa Division." Posting is scheduled for July 2, 2026 at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the image to see the entire picture.
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