V&T Survivor: #11 "Reno".....back home in Nevada at last. Ending one of the sadder chapters in the storied history of the Virginia & Truckee Railway, the long-lost queen of that l... (more)

Last light at American Flat. On the evening of July 3, 2022, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad ran a special train for about 50 patrons, to help raise money for the restoration of the legenda... (more)

A "new" locomotive for the Virginia & Truckee. Sitting on a siding just south of the old freight shed building in Gold Hill, NV is the latest steam locomotive acquisition of the rebuilt Vir... (more)

Afternoon service. Members of the steam crew at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum perform some afternoon maintenance on their locomotive, after the conclusion of the day's passenger runs.... (more)

Malfunction Junction. On a sunny, warm, Forth of July weekend in 2022, the Western Pacific Railroad Museum's newly restored 0-6-0 #165 rumbles past "Malfunction Junction", with a ... (more)

Steaming again after nearly 70 years! Over the Fourth of July Weekend, 2022, the Western Pacific Railroad Museum held it's first public weekend of steam operations, using the newly restored... (more)

The Rockwood Cut: It's a tight fit! Our 2021 Trains Magazine charter on the Durango & Silverton wrapped up with the photo train, pulled by K-37 #493, arriving back at Rockwood Station, wher... (more)

Afternoon on the High Line.Late in the afternoon, on a sunny day in early September, D&RGW K-37 #493 takes her Silverton Mixed Train southbound around the High Line Horseshoe Curve (MP 469.... (more)

Afternoon arrival on the High Line.D&RGW K-37 #493 rounds the rocky point at the north end of the famous High Line Horseshoe Curve at Milepost 469.5, in Rockwood Colorado, hauling a mixed t... (more)

Take on some water at the Needleton Tank.The former D&RGW K-37 Locomotive #493 makes a big show of her southbound departure from the legacy Needleton Tank at Milepost 484.4. This is one of... (more)

Leaving Silverton behind. Pouring out a nice, dark plume, D&RGW K-37 #493 heads south across the Animas Timber Bridge just south of Silverton, CO at Milepost 495.25, beginning her 45 mile j... (more)

Dusk arrival in Silverton. The sun has disappeared below the horizon but the evening twilight remains, at least for a few minutes, as Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 Locomotive #493 pulls ... (more)

Up from the canyon.... A little over a mile and a half from the end of track in Silverton, CO, D&RGW K-37 #493 emerges from the Animas Canyon, crossing the river of the same name for the fi... (more)

Northbound Silverton Mixed at Whitehead Gulch. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493 hauls her Silverton Mixed Train north past Whitehead Gulch (MP 491.95), some 5 miles from her ultimate d... (more)

A little early fall color at Needleton. When you mention fall color on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, everyone pictures golden groves of aspens on the hillsides. In this s... (more)