Rio Grande 168 and 425 steam around Tanglefoot Curve as they approach the summit of Cumbres Pass.

Rio Grande 168 and 425 are taking water at Osier before departing for Chama. This was the "Across the Railroad" excursion, part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

Putting some smoke on their stacks as they begin the climb out of the sag at Ferguson's Trestle, DRGW 168 and 425 (in reality, 315) pull their train of vintage cars into the morning light as they ... (more)

Rounding the curve at Big Horn. Charging eastward under a threatening sky, D&RG Locomotive #168 rounds the big curve below Big Horn Peak, near Milepost 299.6, with her passenger extra in to... (more)

Top of the Whiplash. D&RG T-12 Locomotive #168 is pulling hard as she works westbound at the top of the serpentine grade known as "The Whiplash", near Milepost 296.8, not far from... (more)

Headed west.... The morning sun has ducked into a mid-level cloud deck as D&RG T-12 Locomotive #168 takes her San Juan Express consist west over Ferguson's Trestle a Milepost 285.87, headin... (more)

Echoes of an earlier age. Denver & Rio Grande Consolidation #425 hauls an eastbound mixed consist out of the rock cut at MP 317.3, just east of Osier, CO on a pretty fall day in 2021, on a ... (more)

Tip-toeing over Cascade Creek. With the aspens popping all over the hills surrounding the Los Pinos Valley, D&RG Locomotive #425 slowly rumbles across the high bridge over Cascade Creek at ... (more)

Steamscape: The Los Pinos Valley. High above the Los Pinos Creek, just west of Osier, CO, D&RGW Locomotive #425 takes a mixed train east through a deep rock cut at about MP 317.3. This vie... (more)

Drifting into Colorado. With massive building cumulus clouds as a backdrop, D&RG Locomotive #425 drifts downgrade at MP 287.4, as she slowly descends off the lava-capped mesa a little over... (more)

Sagebrush silhouette. Denver & Rio Grande Locomotive #425 and mixed train are silhouetted against the early morning sunlight as she charges across the lava-capped mesas of the New Mexico de... (more)

The Lineup Six locomotives under steam in Antonito, Colorado, during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup. D&RG 425 is D&RGW 315 backdated to its 1917 appearance when the Rio Grande purchase... (more)

Steamscape: Lava Tank. The early morning sun back-lights the Northern New Mexico desertscape, as D&RG Locomotive #425 charges west with her mixed train, bound for Big Horn, Sublette, Osier ... (more)

On the loop at Lava. Moments after dawn, a Denver & Rio Grande mixed train rounds the loop at Lava Tank, near MP 291.4, on its westbound run toward Chama, NM, via Cumbres Pass. The power t... (more)

In my opinion the coolest locomotive ever built ... or at least Top 5. I'm glad we've saved a couple of them.