elements into my work, since it brings an additional dimension to the picture that many ignore. For me, the magic time to photograph


OPPOSITE: Swinging out of the south leg of the wye, a Durango & Silverton charter departs Silverton in the 20-degree cold of an October morning in 2006.


BELOW: A chartered snow plow and flanger train, headed by No. 489 on the Cumbres & Toltec, circles the loop at Lava eastbound just after sunset under a stunning sky while returning to Antonito on March 7, 2015.


is those hours both before and after sunrise or sunset. Those hours hold wonderful shadows, highlights, glint, and hues you can combine into a photograph. With railroad photography, your subject usually tends to be moving, and it can test your abilities with constant angle, light, and exposure changes. Near sunset or sunrise, you are, for the most part, you are on your own to test and challenge your abilities and knowledge as a photographer. The former Rio Grande narrow gauge


lines are indeed wonderful places to experience steam railroading as it was “back in the day”; for a photographer


they provide an unending array of opportunities, angles, and subjects to pursue. If you are up for a challenge, please buy that ticket and experience and support those Time Machines of the Rockies for yourself.


Jeff Mast is a life long Michigan resident and fan of steam, and his first railfan efforts were in 1968 along the Grand Trunk Western. His interest has since grown to traveling throughout the United States and Canada, as well a two trips to China. Jeff works in municipal civil engineering for a consulting firm, and his photography portfolio can be viewed at jeffmastphotography.smugmug.com.


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