The Engineer

Just before pulling on the throttle, the engineer of Rio Grande Southern 20 looks back for the highball from the conductor. The engineer here is well known in the... (more)

346 and 318 In Roundhouse

Galloping Goose #7 of the Rio Grande Southern keeps other vintage equipment company on a siding at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

The Meet at No Agua

During the Triple Steam Up Weekend at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20 overtakes Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 #346 at the No... (more)

Misnomer

- A misnomer is a name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied.

There's one somewhere in this photo, see if you can find it. This weekend at the Colorado ... (more)

The Rio Grande Southern 'Galloping Goose' no. 7 got a heavy blanket of snow during the Snowmageddon storm of March 14th. You can almost imagine this scene right out of the late 1940's / early 195... (more)

The heavy snow from the March ‘Snowmageddon’ storm that pounded Colorado’s Front Range provided a thick layer if icing on the vintage power in the Colorado Railroad Museum’s grounds. In t... (more)

Fireman loading coal into 491s boiler

Rio Grande Southern 491 and 346 In Roundhouse

From the Trains magazine RGS 20 photoshoot at the Colorado RR Museum. We were treated to both a freight and a passenger train the first evening. In this view, 20 backs down to couple onto the pa... (more)

Rio Grande Southern #20 rounds a bend coming out of a cut as it climbs the grade to "No Agua" tank at the Colorado RR Museum. It's August 1st, and #20 is making its long anticipated pub... (more)

It's Sunday morning on the 2nd of August and the crew is preparing RGS #20 for the day's excursions during the celebration of #20's return to service at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The conducto... (more)

Fall & Winter Mingle at the Tank

Fall color mingles with Winter at the water tank. Rio Grande Southern 20 is just lifting off with a flurry of steam among the snow flurries.

The Right Stuff

Legends unit at the Colorado Railroad Museum to operate a living legend RGS 20.

Snow, steam, Fall color, and RGS 20

A superb blessing of early snow and wintery weather helped mellow the forest fires of northern Colorado and bless those of us who worship t... (more)