Long Train

Last week I showed you some train tracks in Colorado Springs. These tracks are active, with coal being most commonly transported.

These trains are very long and take many minutes to pass by.

They have several engines at the front and back to help them get over the nearby hills (specifically, Monument Hill which is around 7,300 feet or 2,225 meters elevation at the low point where the train goes over it).

The freight cars can seem endless.

It's a big part of Our World Tuesday.

Symonds Yat

I'm skipping all over the world for my Vintage Weekly posts - this week it's back to England for a view of Symonds Yat in 1975.

Red Rock Canyon in January

Next week's theme at Tina's PicStory is red, so I'm going all the way back to a New Year's Day hike in Red Rock Canyon. It's also for Orange Friday and Scenic Sunday (if it's active this week).

This is a great winter hike - because of the lower elevation it doesn't get much snow, and any snow melts quickly.

Even though it's within the city it's still full of pretty sights.

And there's even an old quarry to walk through!

I'm sure I'll be back here again many times.

Misty, Snowy Mountains

I'm going back to October 1995 for this week's Skywatch Friday entry. It's an old scanned slide, taken one morning while camping not far from the town of Aspen when I woke up to fresh snow and a nearly-collapsed tent.

But the beauty was worth it, and I have more scans to post soon from this trip.

Train Tracks

For this week's Our World Tuesday entry, here are some train tracks taken on a walk in Colorado Springs late last year.

I wonder what we'll see on these tracks for next week's entry?

Kyongju, South Korea

I'm going back to South Korea for this 1998 Vintage Weekly photo, to the city of Kyongju or Gyeongju, as Tina's PicStory theme this week is K. This is a burial mound, kings were buried in these many centuries ago.

The people give some sense of the size of the mound.

Final Fall Fox Run Photos

Here are the last of my fall photos from nearby Fox Run Park.

This was early October and the leaves were past their best, but they qualify for the Orange Friday meme.

This reflection is for the Weekend Reflections meme.

It's a shame that people feel the need to carve into the trees, they probably don't understand the damage they're doing. Or they don't care.

I'm linking the last photo to Guest Heart Thursday, and it's also a Scenic Sunday post.