Hello everyone, my name is Walt Loevy (oe=a, sounds like navy). I live along the Denver-Pueblo Joint Line on Colorado’s Front Range. I am an entrepreneur video producer and photographer. I produce shows about Colorado history and railroads which appear locally on the Pikes Peak Library District Channel 17 (Xfinity cable).

I began videotaping trains on the Colorado 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, which was a diligent workhorse and produced a quality product. My passion is for Colorado railroads and the beautiful mountain scenery that they traverse, so that has been where I concentrated much of my efforts. During the early 1990s, I expanded my reach by contributing shows to the library channel and also to Railroad Video Quarterly in Tallmadge, Ohio. I began a YouTube channel in 2009.

In addition to videotaping trains, I have worked in black and white photography (dark room, chemicals and all), as well as color slide photography and prints. In 2005, I authored a book entitled, Passenger Rail: The Transportation Alternative as part of my interest in trains.

For the last twenty years I have been filming trains using a Canon GL-2 (I have three, actually). People may wonder why I have 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. It is an amazing piece of technology that I could not help but fall in love with.

My goals for the future are to continue to edit and organize my archive of videos and photos, specifically getting my train videos off of tape (which has a very limited shelf life) and on to DVD. Properly cared for DVDs have a potential shelf life of a hundred years or more without any loss of picture quality over time. Also, I’m very excited about my YouTube channel, which is growing every day. I hope to have about a thousand vignettes on my channel of various lengths and themes over the next five to ten years. Wish me luck!