The lines of our heritage hang loosely connected to infinity; relics from the last century scattered and disconnected. The stories these code line poles could tell. A small piece of homage to a vibrant history ignite the flames of my imagination as this Rio Grande heritage unit traveled down the Royal Gorge with the ghosts of the Tennessee Pass Route.
Moments after sunrise, #1989 hustles out of the Royal Gorge where time has stood still for the Rio Grande.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
Photos showing the railroad pole lines. The pole line used four basic electrical circuits - telegraph, telephone, signaling, and power. Modern technologies of fiber optics, microwave, radio, satellite, and computers have been replacing the pole lines.
