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Rio Grande - Scenic Line of the World
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad are all that remains of the legendary Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge system. Here you'll find some of my favorites from these two beautiful railways.
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Photo ID: 485959

Here comes the Silverton up from the canyon. A Durango & Silverton special passenger extra emerges from the Animas Canyon at the Timber Bridge just outside Silverton, Colorado, during Railf... (more)

Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Silverton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DSNG 473
Train ID: Passenger Extra 473
Photo Date: August 23, 2010


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Added: Jun 16, 2014

Views: 6,167
Comments: 2

Favorited: 29
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Photo ID: 456934

Osier after dark. Free of the light pollution from modern civilization, the heavens above put on a spellbinding display over the old D&RGW water tank in Osier, Colorado. Backlighting by God... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Osier, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: None
Photo Date: September 30, 2013


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Oct 31, 2013

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Comments: 8

Favorited: 104
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Photo ID: 456796

Steamscape: Lava Loop. The late afternoon sun is beginning to cast long shadows as Stock Extra 315 rounds the Lava Loop, passing the old D&RGW Water Tank. Located just about 10 miles sout... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Los Pinos, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: Stock Extra 315
Photo Date: October 01, 2013


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Added: Oct 29, 2013

Views: 4,708
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Favorited: 28
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Photo ID: 456775

Chama after dark. The crew of a D&RGW Locomotive prepare their engine for a late evening departure as the Chama Station baggage handlers load the mail and other cargo aboard a Baggage Expre... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Chama, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: Passenger Extra 315
Photo Date: September 28, 2013


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Added: Oct 29, 2013

Views: 5,578
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Photo ID: 456673

Two spouts, no waiting. The early morning sun filters through the grove of trees on the east side of the Chama Yard as multiple steam locomotives are readied for duty on Cumbres turns. In ... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Chama, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 488
Train ID: None
Photo Date: September 29, 2013


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Added: Oct 29, 2013

Views: 5,682
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Photo ID: 456657

Bed-time for the Mudhen. After a day-long freight drag from Chama via Cumbres Pass, a trusty K-27 Mudhen is now in the hands of the shop crew at Antonito, Colorado. As the Engineer and Fir... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Antonito, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 463
Train ID: None
Photo Date: October 01, 2013


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Added: Oct 28, 2013

Views: 8,308
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Photo ID: 456541

Westbound Stockers. Roughly 8 miles out of Antonito, westbound stock train 315 has begun the slow, steady ascent to Cumbres Pass. The climb to the pass from the east is very unlike the run... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Los Pinos, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: Stock Extra 315
Photo Date: September 30, 2013


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Added: Oct 27, 2013

Views: 4,416
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Photo ID: 456516

Turn-of-the-Century Workhorses. Denver & Rio Grande Western Locomotives 463 and 315 prepare to depart eastbound from the Cumbres & Toltec Dining Hall at Osier Colorado with a pair of photo ... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Osier, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 463
Train ID: Freight Extra 463
Photo Date: October 01, 2013


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Added: Oct 27, 2013

Views: 9,325
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Photo ID: 454487

You want smoke? The crew of D&RGW Locomotive 315 does their best to re-enact the burning of Rome as they charge westbound toward a water stop at Osier, CO with a heavy freight. You can't t... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Osier, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: Freight Extra 315
Photo Date: October 02, 2013


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Added: Oct 09, 2013

Views: 4,692
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Photo ID: 454480

And the chase is on..... Denver & Rio Grande Locomotive 315 drifts downhill with her stock extra as she keeps station, a couple of hundred yards behind our Freight Extra 463. As the two p... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Ortiz, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: Stock Extra 315
Photo Date: October 01, 2013


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Added: Oct 08, 2013

Views: 6,211
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Photo ID: 454357

Eastbound at Big Horn. A D&RGW Mudhen drags her mixed freight consist around the sweeping curve just west of the Big Horn Wye, near MP 299. Although westbound freights of any significant ... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Big Horn, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 463
Train ID: Frieght Extra 463
Photo Date: October 01, 2013


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Added: Oct 08, 2013

Views: 7,598
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Favorited: 32
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Photo ID: 454319

Steamscape: Milepost 285. A Denver & Rio Grande Western Freight highballs westbound out of Antonito, Colorado, bound for Cumbres Pass with a mixed consist of stockers, tanks, boxcars and go... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: San Antonio, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: Frieght Extra 315
Photo Date: October 02, 2013


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Added: Oct 07, 2013

Views: 4,801
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Photo ID: 454202

Steamscape: Rock Tunnel. Denver & Rio Grande Western Consolidation #315 pokes her little nose out of the west portal of Rock Tunnel, as she hauls a stock extra on the slow trek to Osier, Co... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Toltec, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 315
Train ID: Stock Extra 315
Photo Date: September 30, 2013


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Added: Oct 06, 2013

Views: 4,963
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Photo ID: 454188

Steamscape: Cascade Creek. The Denver & Rio Grande Western's Locomotive 463 takes mixed freight east over the 408 ft long trestle crossing Cascade Creek, just a mile and half from the water... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Osier, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 463
Train ID: Freight Extra 463
Photo Date: October 01, 2013


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Added: Oct 06, 2013

Views: 6,740
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Photo ID: 454185

Close call at Toltec Siding. RP viewers who have met me know how much I dislike derailment photos. While I actually have a few of them, I typically don't post them, because they show the u... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: DRGW Caboose
Location: Toltec, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 05635
Train ID: Freight Extra 463
Photo Date: September 29, 2013


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Added: Oct 06, 2013

Views: 32,181
Comments: 5

Favorited: 49
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