The morning's eastbound out of Chama slams up the stiff grades and sharp curves of the Rio Grande San Juan Extension towards Antonito.

Locomotive: CTS 484

7-26-16
Chama, NM

The CO-NM Express C&TS Train 216 is pounding upgrade out of town over the Chama River and past Jukes' Tree on the former Rio Grande San Juan Extension for Antonito, CO behind former DRGW K-36 #484... (more)

A pair of Former DRGW K-36's and a K-27 "Mudhen", all hot, congregate at the Chama shop near a recently repainted Flanger OK. The 484 will power tomorrow's eastbound train to Antonito. ... (more)

Durango & Silverton No. 473, crossing the Animas River.

There are a number of private homes that sit next to the Colorado Railroad Museum's tracks. I wonder if they have come to love the real sounds of steam or always have plans on the weekends when t... (more)

A Wrinkle In Time. Built in 1875, The "Eureka" a wood burning 4-4-0 from Nevada's long gone Eureka and Palisade Railroad meets her 50 year younger, but larger coal burning sister, a D... (more)

DRGW 491 was rebuilt in 1930 at the Burnham Shops in Denver (now extinct) and converted from a 4 foot to a 3 foot gauge configuration. Designated K-37 class, the unique frame configuration had th... (more)

Weather permitting, on weekends the Colorado Railroad Museum likes to show off its collection of operating steam engines. When they ran DRGW 491 it drew a crowd, with railfans coming from miles a... (more)

DRGW 491 makes a lap around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Leaving Silverton, Baldwin k-28 leads the first section of the days trains back to Durango along the Animas River.

The Sanctum of the Leviathans

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Job Briefing: 1949

Night has enveloped the Durango Depot in the late 1940's as a late arriving 'San Juan Express' arrives from Alamosa and points east. Actually, this is a staged photo shoot put on by the Duran... (more)

The Little Train to Oblivion. Denver and Rio Grande Western #463 leads a circa 1939 train out of Antonito westward.

Top Ten of 2016. With 2016 in the books, here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from the past year.
2. The main reason for the trip to Colorado was to attend a two-... (more)