Snaking through the rolling hills. As they run westbound through the S-curve near MP 303.4, about 2.5 rail miles east of Sublette, NM, our Rio Grande Southern freight extra, featuring RGS #... (more)

The "Southern" on the move. Rio Grande Southern Locomotives #20 and 455 stomp upgrade at the top of the serpentine curve known as "The Whiplash" (MP 296.8), hauling a p... (more)

Following the contours of the hills, a Rio Grande Southern freight extra claws its way up a lava-capped mesa on its run from Durango to Ridgway, Colorado. The helper engine leading the ch... (more)

Looking better than ever....literally! After emerging from a decade-long restoration by shop forces from the Strasburg Rail Road, and the Colorado Railroad Museum, Rio Grande Southern Locom... (more)

Sunrise at Ferguson's Trestle...RGS-style. Passing over what has become the iconic sunrise photo spot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Rio Grande Southern 10-Wheeler #20 rumbles acr... (more)

Rio Grande Southern Power: RGS #455. With Cumbres & Toltec Fireman Austin Goodwin handling the spout, RGS K-27 Locomotive #455 (D&RGW #463 re-lettered as 455) takes on water prior to a 2021... (more)

Lost in the landscape. Under a threatening sky, our RGS Freight is almost lost in the landscape of the New Mexico desert, as she runs around Lava Loop toward Antonito, CO, some 10 miles to ... (more)

Big Horn Wye. Here's an angle you don't often see of an RGS re-creation freight, turning on the wye at Big Horn, New Mexico. Built in 1880, the wye here was often used as a turning locati... (more)

Steamscape: Big Horn Peak. DRGW 315 rounds the curve just below Big Horn Peak on a cloudy, fall afternoon, trailing her RGS Freight re-creation, which is bound for Antonito, CO. With a su... (more)

Running Los Pinos Creek. Here's a wide-angle view of our Rio Grande Southern freight re-creation, as it runs behind DRGW 315 along the Los Pinos Creek on the east side of the valley.

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In the valley of the Los Pinos. The second day of our 2018 Rio Grande Southern re-creation featured a locomotive that didn't require any re-lettering, because DRGW Consolidation #315 was ac... (more)

Approaching Cumbres Pass. With her pops lifting and her Fireman's injector going full-blast, DRGW 453 hauls a mixed freight the last mile up the eastern approach to the 10,000 ft. Cumbres P... (more)

"Tanglefoot Lake" (MP 329.6). DRGW 453 throws a reflection in the pond of standing water along Tanglefoot Curve, as she completes her climb to the 10,000 ft. high Cumbres Pass, ju... (more)

Toward Chama via Cumbres. DRGW 453 charges upgrade past the Los Pinos Tank toward Cumbres Pass, amidst the breathtaking display of fall colors on the hills to the north.

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Crossing Cascade Creek. A Rio Grande Southern freight re-creation tip-toes across the iron trestle over Cascade Creek on a breezy fall afternoon. Heading up our train this day is DRGW 453,... (more)