Alpine sunrise in Laws. Just moments after the alpine sunrise, the crew of the Southern Pacific's Locomotive #18 prepares to take their chunky Baldwin 10-wheeler to the depot in the yard at... (more)

Alpenglow. A combination of direct sunlight and diffracted light ("alpenglow") illuminates the peaks of the Sierra on the west side of the Owens Valley as a Southern Pacific crew ... (more)

D&S 463 pulls up to the station stop at Rockwood.

After running engine lite to Hermosa, Southern Pacific T-44 18, the "Slim Princess," prepares to take on water while waiting for the arrival of train 463. The 18 was originally built... (more)

The "Slim Princess" visits Nevada. Visiting from the Carson & Colorado Railway in Independence, CA, for the "Great Western Steam-Up", here's Southern Pacific's, narrow g... (more)

Quite a line-up, indeed! Each day at the July, 2022 "Great Western Steam-Up" at the Nevada State Railroad Museum seemed to feature a new and interesting line-up of locomotives. With 15 ste... (more)

Heading for the loop. With Nevada State Railroad Museum Pilot Barry Simcoe clearing from the gangway, Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 comes off the gallows-style turntable, backing northbou... (more)

An early Morning line up of historical steam engines at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City for the Great Western Steam Up on this 4Th of July weekend.

The Great Western Steam Up. From left to right: Baldwin class of 1875 "Glenbrook", Baldwin class of 1875 "J.W. Bowker", Baldwin class of 1911, S.P. #18, Baldwin class of 1905, V&T #25, Heisler cla... (more)

A mixture of rain, fog, and hail drift through the San Juan Mountains as a Durango & Silverton doubleheader led by SP 18 passes by what remains of Cataract Falls. After an extended hiatus due to t... (more)

Stranger in a Strange Land

Southern Pacific's "Slim Princess", 4-6-0 No.18 leads the Second Silverton Train into Rockwood Colorado as the helper. The trains are just... (more)

Southern Pacific three-foot narrow gauge 4-6-0 No. 18 rests in the Durango, Colorado, roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad on August 30, 2021. The Mogul is being leased for ... (more)

The 0900 Silverton Steam Train is pulling out of Hermosa after adding Southern Pacific 18, which will serve as the helper engine to Silverton. The oil-fired No. 18 was restored by the Carson & Col... (more)

Southern Pacific 18 is the helper engine on today's 0900 Silverton Train, seen here heading upgrade out of Hermosa.

Looking down on SP 18 from the old Animas Toll Road that connected Durango and Silverton in the days before the D&RGW's arrival.