Surviving in 2020. Home Built D-500 and Plymouth ML-8 rest in the high dry sun of the San Luis Valley. D-500 a Frankenstein chain driven locomotive built of various railroad, truck and tractor p... (more)

SSLV, a short line off DRGW's Alamosa line had a scratch built diesel locomotive built on a steam tender frame with a I-H prime mover. The railroad is long abandoned.

What do you do when both of your steam locomotives are on their last legs and you don't have enough dollars in the bank to purchase even a cheap diesel? You build your own, of course. This beaut... (more)

Former D&RGW standard gauge C-28 2-8-0 #688 rests in the tiny yard of the SSLV in Blanca, CO. As SSLV #105, she survived at Blanca after sister #106, ex-D&RGW 583, was moved to the Colorado Railr... (more)

This is the consummate critter, from "The Taos Route"