Cumbres & Toltec's morning departure out of Chama makes its assault on Cumbres Pass seen through this Photoshop composite to display the elevation changes the train makes.

The Colorado Railroad Museum showcases DRGW 491, a 2-8-2 locomotive built by Baldwin in 1902.

Afternoon on the High Line.Late in the afternoon, on a sunny day in early September, D&RGW K-37 #493 takes her Silverton Mixed Train southbound around the High Line Horseshoe Curve (MP 469.... (more)

Afternoon arrival on the High Line.D&RGW K-37 #493 rounds the rocky point at the north end of the famous High Line Horseshoe Curve at Milepost 469.5, in Rockwood Colorado, hauling a mixed t... (more)

Take on some water at the Needleton Tank.The former D&RGW K-37 Locomotive #493 makes a big show of her southbound departure from the legacy Needleton Tank at Milepost 484.4. This is one of... (more)

Leaving Silverton behind. Pouring out a nice, dark plume, D&RGW K-37 #493 heads south across the Animas Timber Bridge just south of Silverton, CO at Milepost 495.25, beginning her 45 mile j... (more)

V&T 18 (ex McCloud River Railroad 18) hauls what was the Carson City - Virginia City excursion train back up to VC with the Virginia Range in the background. After the train unloaded in Carson Cit... (more)

Sunset Station at Sunrise.Two centenarians stand guard ... the 107-year-old Texas & New Orleans Mikado #794 next to the 1902-vintage Southern Pacific Depot (n/k/a "Sunset Station"... (more)

Under the watchful eye of the train crew, Section 463 clings to the side of the mountain as it weaves its way along the famous High Line of the D&RGW Silverton Branch. A section to 463 was run to ... (more)

Dusk arrival in Silverton. The sun has disappeared below the horizon but the evening twilight remains, at least for a few minutes, as Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 Locomotive #493 pulls ... (more)

Up from the canyon.... A little over a mile and a half from the end of track in Silverton, CO, D&RGW K-37 #493 emerges from the Animas Canyon, crossing the river of the same name for the fi... (more)

Northbound Silverton Mixed at Whitehead Gulch. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493 hauls her Silverton Mixed Train north past Whitehead Gulch (MP 491.95), some 5 miles from her ultimate d... (more)

A little early fall color at Needleton. When you mention fall color on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, everyone pictures golden groves of aspens on the hillsides. In this s... (more)

Last train of the day from Ostseebad Kühlungsborn-West to Bad Doberan crosses the Alexandrinenplatz in front of the Hotel Prinzenpalais.

Milepost 480: Bubbling Rock. With the sun finally breaking through the early morning overcast, we catch a nicely lit view of the former D&RGW K-37 #493 charging north past Milepost 480 at a... (more)