Ford_1839_blog

'50s Silver Ford Truck
Ford_1839_blog, originally uploaded by Lone Tree Images.

UPRR_7999_Blog

UPRR_7999_Blog, originally uploaded by Lone Tree Images.

Here is the answer! This is the "Business End" of a rotary plow used by the Union Pacific RR. This one is in bright shiny condition and stored in the old steam engine era RoundHouse in Cheyenne WY. More photos of this and other equipment is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonetreeimages-com/

Dunafon Castle Wedding

_MG_4206, originally uploaded by Lone Tree Images.

Wedding at Dunafon Castle. Low angle to use foreground of wild flowers to set mood for wedding.

Flickr Photostream

Well, I finally opened a Flickr photostream with a few pictures...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonetreeimages-com/

Will continue to add to it as time goes by.

UP Round House

The remaining 7 stalls of the Cheyenne round house. Union Pacific still uses it to store and service their steam engines. Home of No. 844 and No. 3985. For more info on UP's steam operations goto: http://www.upsteam.com/

UPRR Rotary Plow #900082

UPRR Rotary Plow #900082 in the Cheyenne Round House. 05/25/2009

UP 5511 Steam Engine

One of the steam engines stored in Cheyenne's round house. UP 5511 is a 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" Type Locomotive. It's neighbor to the left in the photo is a operational rotary plow. And the other engine that was in the engine shop yesterday was 838 a "parts" engine for the famous 844 (both 4-8-4 "Northern" Type Locomotives).

Around the House

Lemons from our tree in AZ. Made the trip to Cheyenne.

Around the house

A friend shoots a picture a day of things around his house. Here is my shot for today.

Lilacs in Bloom

My wife was driving by the hospital a day ago and noticed how many lilac bushes were in full bloom.

I went down today and captured a few of them. May 20, 2009 a much better year for Lilacs than we've seen in a long time.