Dramatic light conditions in the evening of our first photo charter day on the Grand Canyon Railway with a southbound steam train pulled by the recently restored 2-8-0 engine #29. A Lerro Producti... (more)

GCRY's venerable ex-LS&I consolidation 29 battles the northbound grade near MP 62. 29 is a 1906 graduate of ALCo's Pittsburgh works.

Let There be Light

In the beginning, the desert vista between Williams, AZ and the Grand Canyon was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface. We had been forewarned days pri... (more)

Clawing her through the ancient sinuous waterway of Coconino Canyon, Grand Canyon Railway 29 puts on a show as it climbs towards Imbleau on its southward journey towards Williams

A meet at Apex

Just south of Coconio Canyon, along the former AT&SF ROW, Grand Canyon Railway's 2-8-0 No. 29, in express service, prepares to pass the railway's larger 2-8-2, No. 4960 at... (more)

Double Header in the Canyon

A beautiful Winter's day, snow on the ground, along with mild temperatures and blue skies, saw the Grand Canyon Railway fire up both its active steam locomotiv... (more)

Silhouette at Miller Wash

A silhouette, twice as nice, with both Grand Canyon 2-8-0 #29 and 2-8-2 #4960. Photo ops abound at Miller Wash in Coconino County, AZ, some 36 miles north of Wi... (more)

Double-header through Willaha

Southbound on the former AT&SF ROW, Grand Canyon's 1906 Alco built 2-8-0 No. 29 (former Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad) leads 1923 Baldwin built 2-8-2 No... (more)

On the second day of four days of steam operations to the Grand Canyon, GCRY 4960, a 2-8-2, is in charge of hauling the train back and forth to the canyon. On its return trip from the canyon, they... (more)

When the moon hits your eye... An ambient lit shot (f/2.8 helps) underneath a near full moon finds Grand Canyon's two operable steamers, 29 and 4960 on the Dogtown/Cataract Creek Trestle outsid... (more)

FPA, FPB and a Generating car will idle for the next two hours and will lead tne train south to Willams.

Under clearing skies, Grand Canyon Railway No.4960 shows off her side profile as she crosses though one of the lowest points on the Grand Canyon Line at Millers Wash. Pan shot at 1/30 of a second

Resuscitated once again from a retirement, Grand Canyon Railway No.29 shows off her heavily modified front end. Once a lowly iron ore consolidation, today, she's one of the many faces of a world ... (more)

Performing their first railfan doubleheader in nearly 12 years (Last one in 2005?) Grand Canyon Railway 29 and 4960 pound over one of the many trestles in Miller's Wash on their return to Williams... (more)