Ablaze in Golde Light

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 2-8-2 489 is taking water at the north tank in Chama on a brisk, chilly September morning ablaze in Aspen gold light jus... (more)

Black 5 heads away from Levisham with a train on a Matt Fisher charter

Sunrise in old Virginia. One of the better places in the entire US to photograph steam locomotives right at sunrise is Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, and the perfect spot is here, in t... (more)

With SRC #90 now over the ash pit, hostler Jeff Frost grabs a hose and gets to work flushing all the ash from yesterday's fire and overnight bank into the bottom of the ash pan and out into the pi... (more)

Regular DB Cargo Train from Bad Salzungen

Cass Shay #6 powers the now once daily excursion up to Bald Knob. Engineer Kenny Queen monitors progress as the cab is lit up from the open firebox doors. After several days of rain it was nice to... (more)

Here comes the Silverton up from the canyon.... After a 45 mile journey, much of it deep in the wilderness of the Animas Canyon, a Silverton Mixed Train emerges from the shadows, crossing t... (more)

Steamscape: The Snowshed Slide. "And by the time you get your hide past the Snowshed Slide.... You've had a ride on the Silverton, The Silverton Train." Those lyrics, penned over 4 decades ... (more)

In June of 2020, in celebration of West Virginia Day, the Cass Scenic Railroad hosted an event titled, "The Parade of Steam" which offered numerous photo opportunities of all 5 operating... (more)

Steamscape: Mt. Garfield and the Grenadier Range. Just a hundred yards or so from the Animas Footbridge on the Colorado Trail, we watch a Silverton Mixed Train, behind K-28 #473, charging n... (more)

Fall color at Cement Wall. Deep in the Animas River Canyon, a Silverton Mixed Train behind D&RGW #473 charges north with some loads for the residents and businesses in Silverton, passing th... (more)

D&RGW K36 #489 approaches Tanglefoot Curve on the return to Chama. This from day two of the 2016 Fall Photo Freight, organized by the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec.

East Broad Top Locomotives 12 Sits on the turntable at the yard in Orbisonia. A lone worker accomplishes a feat of strength by self propelling the turntable singlehandedly.

The first day of the 2016 Fall Photo Freight ended with a night photo session at the Chama, NM coaling tower with K27 #463. Lighting was arranged by the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec, please ... (more)