Walt Loevy
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
Union Pacific Big Boy-class 4-8-8-4 no. 4014 made a final appearance on the Greeley subdivision for 2025. On September 30, the largest class of steam locomotive ever built pounded through Lucerne, Colorado, on its way to Denver from its home in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This and other Union Pacific trains appear in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Sept.-Oct. 2025 UP Big Boy & Freights, Greeley & Laramie Subs, UP 4-8-8-4 4014, C44ACM ES44AH SD70AH." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 2:45pm MST. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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Cantilever signals, with classic searchlight signals, still dominated the old Santa Fe Railway transcontinental route in August 2010. Burlington Northern Santa Fe C44-9W no. 1047, in an original BNSF paint scheme, led an eastbound double stack train passed the high cantilever signal in Dalies, New Mexico. Classic scenes such as this appear in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Aug 2010 Alb El Paso Gallup Glorieta & Raton Subs, Rail Runner Exp, Amtrak SW Chief, BNSF Warbonnets." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 2:45pm MST. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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Santa Fe Railway B40-8 no. 7448 led an eastbound manifest freight through Las Animas, Colorado, in October 1998. Post-Santa Fe merger railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe was only a few years in existence by this time. Therefore, it would be some time before the railroad's fleet of predecessor locomotives would be renumbered, repainted or retired. This variety of paint schemes enhances the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Oct 1998 BNSF Brush, Pikes Peak & Boise City Subs. BNSF GP50 SD40-2 B40-8 C41-8W SD70MAC UP AC4400CW." Posting is scheduled for New Years Day, Thursday, January 1st, 2026, at 2:45pm MST. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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Colorado Pacific Rio Grande SD70MAC, no. 303, sat waiting to get authorization to enter the railyard in Walsenburg. This eastbound train of mostly covered hopper cars just completed a six hour journey from Alamosa, Colorado, and over La Veta Pass, in August 2025. CXR no. 303, and sister no. 209, are former Burlington Northern Santa Fe units. They appear in the production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Sept. 2025 Southern Colo Railroads, Truss Bridge, Trestle, BNSF, Colorado Pacific La Veta Pass Route." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 2:45pm MST. Please click on the picture to see the entire image.
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Union Pacific no. 3799, an EMD-built SD70M, is on the point of a westbound autorack train in Kearney, Nebraska. The giant American flag paint scheme on the long hood was in full swing by July 2010. This was one of many classic UP freights of the era to appear in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "July 2010 UP The Kearney Sub, Cozad Alda Wood River Shelton & Kearney, CNW SP C44AC UP SD70M SD90MAC." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 2:45pm MST. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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The eastbound American Orient Express just crossed County Road 57, west of Granby, Colorado, during the early 2000s. This special train would become one of the many victims of the recession of 2008/09, and cease operating at that time. Other classic passenger cars, on the rear of Amtrak trains, and the Winter Park Ski Train, appear in this spectacular video of trains, to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Oct 1998 Amtrak Calif. Zephyr, Glenwood Canyon Freights, American Orient Express, Colo Western Slope." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 2:45pm MST. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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Colorado Pacific Rio Grande no. 303 is a former Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70MAC. It was in charge of an eastbound train from Alamosa, Colorado, which traversed the mountainous La Veta Pass, in August 2025. Soon it, and sister no. 209, will enter the rail yard in Walsenburg to build a new train for their return trip to Alamosa. CXRG is the new railroad serving the San Luis Valley west of La Veta Pass. It is featured in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Aug.-Sept. 2025 Colo Pacific La Veta Pass Route, CXR SD70MAC 303 CXR 209 Colorado Pacific Rio Grande." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 2:45pm MST.
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No. 9165, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70ACe, streaks through the evening twilight, at South Circle Drive and East Las Vegas Street near Kelker, Colorado, in charge of a loaded southbound coal train. Looking sharp in 2010 with its new orange paint scheme, these locomotives would come to dominate coal hauling for BNSF. See this and other Colorado Joint Lines trains in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "June-Sept 2010 Colo Joint Line Legacy, BNSF C44-9W ES44AC SD70MAC SD70ACe NS C40-9W UP C44AC ES44AC." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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General Electric Locomotive Management Services (LMX) had a fleet of small B40-8 diesels, which they leased primarily to Burlington Northern, and subsequently to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. In August 1998, LMX no. 8516 pulled the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (red unit) circus train south out of downtown Colorado Springs. LMX grey, red and white was one of the many railroad paint schemes that graced the rails following the corporate mega mergers of the 1990s. A taste of this action, as well as the circus train, are featured in the next production to premiere on this channel, entitled, "Aug. 1998 Merger Era Freights & The Ringling Circus Train, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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An eastbound double stack container train hustles through Cozad, Nebraska, in July 2010, with Union Pacific SD70M no. 5212 on the point. Such signature trains were at the heart of the massive Union Pacific rail transportation network. The next production to post on this channel features transcontinental railroading at its finest, entitled, "July 2010 UP Sidney & Kearney Subs GP40M-2 SD70M SD90MAC SD70ACe C40-8W C44-9W C44AC C44/60AC ES44AC." Posting is scheduled for Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 2:45pm MDT. Please click on the picture to see the full image.
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