Two late 19-century steam locomotives, Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 and 2-8-0 425, are pulling a special excursion across the Colorado desert near Antonito during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup... (more)
Five first generation Rio Grande Geeps, lead by GP9 5943 in charge of a mainline freight at Plainview, Colorado in March 1969. Photo from my slide collection, Photographer J.B. Calvert.
DRG 425/DRGW 315 crossing Cascade Trestle on it's final run before it's 1472 rebuild
High Lonesome Mixed The brisk fall morning breaks over Colorado's San Luis Valley near 1920 as a mixed train on the Denver and Rio Grande makes its way out of Antonito, Colorad... (more)
Crew change at Helper, Utah. Scanned from a color print.
DRGW 168 crosses Ferguson / Hangman's trestle at Sunrise
Cotton Candy Skies The brisk fall morning breaks over Colorado's San Luis Valley in the late 1800's as the daily train on the Denver and Rio Grande makes its way from Denver vi... (more)
DRGW 493 north at Whitehead Gultch
Florence & Cripple Creek took delivery of the "Elkton" in 1895. After the tracks washed out, the Consolidation was purchased by the Denver & Rio Grande and number 425. In 1924 it became... (more)
Two Ten-Wheelers, Rio Grande Southern 20 and Rio Grande Western 168, stand outside the C&TS shop in Antonito. Although they appear similar in size, there is almost twenty years of steam technolog... (more)
DRGW 493 heads south past the old Needleton Tank
High above DRGW's highline, DRGW 493 with a mixed freight heads south around the Horseshoe
DRGW 493 crosses the soon to be replaced Timber Bridge over the Animas
Rio Grande Alco PA-1 6013, here sunning itself at Denver Union Station on May 18, 1959. From my collection, Photo by Lou Schmitz.
On the first day of the Trains Magazine charter, DRGW 493 rounds the bend at Granite Point/Elbert Creek/Mini Highline with a mixed freight consist in tow