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Photo ID: 734670

It's a beautiful mid-summer morning as former Westside Lumber Company Shay #12 backs its train over the Devil's Gate high bridge headed for Devil's Gate station on the Georgetown Loop.

Railroad: Georgetown Loop
Locomotive: Shay 3 truck
Location: Silver Plume, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: GTL 12
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 06, 2004


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By: Scott Turner

Added: May 01, 2020

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Photo ID: 733471

Former IRCA locomotive #40 backs its train down the Georgetown Loop's Devil's Gate High Bridge. It is the final day of operation for the original loop operator, and all three loop locomotives are... (more)

Railroad: Georgetown Loop
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Silver Plume, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: GTL 40
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 03, 2004


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By: Scott Turner

Added: Apr 20, 2020

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Photo ID: 731439

C&TS #488 is the helper today on this early June doubleheader, with #487 as the road engine. Pictured here at Coxo, the train will enter a sharp curve just behind my location, cross Wolf Creek on... (more)

Railroad: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Cumbres, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: CTS 488
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 09, 2005


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By: Scott Turner

Added: Apr 05, 2020

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Photo ID: 731205

A charter makes its way down from Cumbres Pass in this early June view, shot just up the line from Coxo Crossing. A couple of things of note here - on point is newly rebuilt #488 and in the consi... (more)

Railroad: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Cumbres, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 488
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 10, 2005


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By: Scott Turner

Added: Apr 03, 2020

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Photo ID: 731203

I was traveling to Chama, NM early on a Friday evening to spend a weekend shooting fall colors on the C&TS when I ran into a surprise as I crested Cumbres Pass on Hwy 17. A short eastbound train ... (more)

Railroad: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Cumbres, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 487
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 08, 2004


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By: Scott Turner

Added: Apr 03, 2020

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Photo ID: 729919

We had great snow for the 2005 Durango & Silverton Winter Photographer's special. Almost too much in places. Fortunately the D&S crews have done a great job packing snow down at runby locations ... (more)

Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Durango, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DSNG 473
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 26, 2005


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By: Scott Turner

Added: Mar 24, 2020

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Photo ID: 726042

“Proud as a Peacock, and struttin’ Her Stuff”

Locomotive No. 493 of the Durango and Silverton Railroad makes her return to active service after fifty-two years this weeke... (more)

Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Tacoma, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DSNG 493
Train ID: DSNG 493
Photo Date: February 16, 2020


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By: William Diehl

Added: Feb 18, 2020

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Photo ID: 719748

Sunrise at Ferguson's. DRGW K-27 Mudhen #453 steps across Ferguson's Trestle at MP 285.87, just moments after sunrise, hauling a freight westbound toward Chama and Durango, via Cumbres Pass... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Antonito, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 453
Train ID: Work Extra 453
Photo Date: September 30, 2018


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Dec 15, 2019

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Photo ID: 711976

The second train of the day pulls out of Silverton on its return trip to Durango on a crystal clear autumn afternoon.

Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Silverton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DSNG 482
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 03, 2019


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By: Anthony DAmato

Added: Oct 05, 2019

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Photo ID: 706856

Durango & Silverton K-36 No. 481 passes the Yard-Limit sign at the southern end of Rockwood as it returns to Durango from Silverton. This is the first of two daily trains, departing 45-minutes pri... (more)

Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DSNG 481
Train ID: 462
Photo Date: August, 2019


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By: Josh Scott

Added: Aug 14, 2019

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Photo ID: 676463

K36's #480 is south bound with train 463 just south of the Shalona Lake crossing of County Rd 250.

Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Durango, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: dsng 480
Train ID: dsng 463
Photo Date: September 05, 2017


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By: Bruce du Fresne

Added: Nov 05, 2018

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Photo ID: 633801

Union Pacific No. 844, sparkling clean and fresh from a long overhaul. Burning clean and blistering the rails on the Greely Subdivision the 4-8-4 races to Denver with the Frontier train.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Greeley Subdivision, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: UP 844
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 21, 2016


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By: Chris Mohs

Added: Oct 10, 2017

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Photo ID: 624222

Union Pacific 844 moving through Carr Colorado

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: Steam
Location: Carr, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: 844
Train ID: 844
Photo Date: June 22, 2017


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By: Andrew Button

Added: Jul 23, 2017

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Photo ID: 623870

Cement Wall southbound. From up on the rocks above track level, we see our Silverton Mixed charging southbound around the curve at MP 476.5 at the location known as "Cement Wall."... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Cascade Canyon, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 473
Train ID: Mixed Extra 473
Photo Date: October 07, 2016


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Jul 20, 2017

Views: 3,375
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Photo ID: 623751

Twin Bridges - MP 489.9. Our Silverton Mixed crosses the Animas yet again just about 5 miles north of Needleton Tank. This location is known as "Twin Bridges" because there are t... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Needleton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 473
Train ID: Mixed Extra 473
Photo Date: October 07, 2016


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Jul 19, 2017

Views: 3,623
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