Arriving at Matterhorn. A Rio Grande Southern freight extra has just arrived in the tiny hamlet of Matternhorn (MP 46.71), CO, and will pause here to perform some engine service before taki... (more)

Snaking through the rolling hills. As they run westbound through the S-curve near MP 303.4, about 2.5 rail miles east of Sublette, NM, our Rio Grande Southern freight extra, featuring RGS #... (more)

The "Southern" on the move. Rio Grande Southern Locomotives #20 and 455 stomp upgrade at the top of the serpentine curve known as "The Whiplash" (MP 296.8), hauling a p... (more)

The wood fired ten wheeler #995 is running a passenger train on the line between Nurmes and Lieksa.

Following the contours of the hills, a Rio Grande Southern freight extra claws its way up a lava-capped mesa on its run from Durango to Ridgway, Colorado. The helper engine leading the ch... (more)

Looking better than ever....literally! After emerging from a decade-long restoration by shop forces from the Strasburg Rail Road, and the Colorado Railroad Museum, Rio Grande Southern Locom... (more)

The Finnish wood burner #995 has just arrived at the Lieksa station with a passenger train from Nurmes. The engineer is oiling the machine.

The Finnish wood burner #995 is leaving Nurmes station with a passenger train to Lieksa.

The beautiful Finnish wood burner #995 is turned on the Nurmes turntable.

Looking down on SP 18 from the old Animas Toll Road that connected Durango and Silverton in the days before the D&RGW's arrival.

SP 18 rounds the curve at Goblin Fire as low clouds swallow the towering peaks of the San Juans behind it.

Sunrise at Ferguson's Trestle...RGS-style. Passing over what has become the iconic sunrise photo spot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Rio Grande Southern 10-Wheeler #20 rumbles acr... (more)

The autumn leaves were in their glory as SP 18 led a fall photographer's special on the Durango & Silverton.

Water stop: Los Pinos Tank. After stopping to fill their respective tender cisterns, D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 pull away from the Los Pinos Tank (MP 325.5) and begin climbing the last 5... (more)

Climbing through the Valley of the Los Pinos. D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 haul their San Juan Passenger Extra across the wooden trestle at Los Pinos Creek (MP 324.52) as they make the lon... (more)