On August 23, 2021, weathered black and Aspen gold stripes on Rio Grande EMD GP30 No. 3011 wait for the day the locomotive is cosmetically restored and new paint is applied by the crew at the Colo... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande "shorty" caboose 0579 brings up the markers on a photo freight pulled by 4-4-0 "Eureka" and 2-6-0 "Glenbrook." This caboose, which appeared in th... (more)

D&RG 425 steams away from the engine house at Antonito, Colorado. That morning the Consolidation would team up with sister No. 168 (in the background) for the "Across the Railroad" excu... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 425 is with D&RG 168 at Whiplash Curve between Lava and Big Horn with the "Across the Railroad" excursion on August 27, 2021.

Water stop: Los Pinos Tank. After stopping to fill their respective tender cisterns, D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 pull away from the Los Pinos Tank (MP 325.5) and begin climbing the last 5... (more)

Climbing through the Valley of the Los Pinos. D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 haul their San Juan Passenger Extra across the wooden trestle at Los Pinos Creek (MP 324.52) as they make the lon... (more)

Leaving Big Horn westbound. After taking on water from a pre-positioned tank car on the siding at Big Horn Peak, our D&RG doubleheader featuring Locomotives 168 and 425 resume their trek we... (more)

D&RG Doubleheader. Just outside the yard in Antonito, Colorado at MP 281, we see D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 doubleheading westbound with an all-D&RG wooden passenger consist on the 4th d... (more)

The Pinecliffe store was suitably located for crews of eastbounds waiting for a meet, or for passersby on beautiful Colorado Route 72. SD40-2 5362 leads a team of five big tunnel motors in gloriou... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 425 sits in perfect afternoon light at the Antonito, Colorado, engine house of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.

Denver & Rio Grande 425 eases away from the Cumbres section house with the historic consist bound for Chama. This was the last leg of the "Across the Railroad" excursion on August 27, 20... (more)

Rio Grande 425 has completed its air test and is pulling up to load passengers prior to departing "Across the Railroad" on August 27th. No. 168 will also be added to the head end before ... (more)

A somewhat unusual power combination for a coal train of GP40s and a GP30 come around the corner at Pinecliff, CO with the Continental Divide in the background and South Boulder creek providing a ... (more)

Rio Grande 425 is at Cumbres Pass with the historic consist after bringing a train over from Antonito. No. 168 has been cut off and will stay the night at Cumbres; 425 will continue down the moun... (more)

Rio Grande 168 and 425 steam around Tanglefoot Curve as they approach the summit of Cumbres Pass.