At Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, on the final day of the "Victorian Iron Horse Round-up," D. & R.G. 168 arrived pre-dawn on the east end of the railway, having traveled overnight fro... (more)

’Scuse Me, While I Kiss the Sky

Seemingly on top of the world, the Rio Grande Zephyr does it best Jimi Hendrix interpretation as it begins its eastbound descent from Soldi... (more)

With its big eastbound climb over, the Rio Grande Zephyr rolls along the one-time yard in Soldier Summit, Utah. Soon it will start to drop toward Helper.

Arriving at Gilluly, Utah, the Rio Grande Zephyr enters the first horseshoe curve and is about to duck under Route 6.

A lucky find on a siding east of Pueblo, Colorado is this Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad boxcar DRGW 63770. It was built in 1963 and is all the more spectacular that it has survived in the ... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr is on time, continuing its ascent of the Wasatch at Narrows, Utah on a brisk March morning.

DRGW 346 (2-8-0) leads a passenger train around the grounds at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

The eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr has begun its climb over the Wasatch Mountains at Rio, Utah.

Here we see three of the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad engines, including DRGW 5401 (SD40T-2), DRGW 3011 (GP 30) and the tender of DRGW 683 (Baldwin 2-8-0 locomot... (more)

A jewel in the Colorado Railroad Museum's collection is DRGW 346, a 2-8-0 locomotive built by Baldwin in 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Colorado Railroad Museum ran Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad 346 on the weekend, giving passengers a good view of the amazing collection on the museum grounds.

Ridin' the storm out, waitin' for the thaw out On a full moon night in the Rocky Mountain winter...

While it's not the winter, we're under the full moon of a Rocky Mountain summ... (more)

Rio Grande Alco PA-1 #6011 and F7B #5712 slowly accelerate from Denver Union Station with the southbound Royal Gorge on November 15, 1958. Photo from my slide collection, photographer Lou Schmitz.

When UP and MP merged, a decision was made to pull most through traffic off the former MP line to Pueblo. That reduction was offset by Rio Grande (and later SP) trains running on rights between P... (more)