Last call at the canyon. After more than 15 years in intermittent service, Grand Canyon Railway Consolidation #29 makes her last call at the Grand Canyon Village Depot on October 26th, 2019... (more)

Bingo....Bingo.....Bingo. In military fighter aircraft, the pilots typically calculate the minimum fuel level required to make it home with a safe reserve remaining and enter that data into... (more)

The last doubleheader. With Grand Canyon Railway Locomotive #29's Form 4 set to expire effectively at the end of the day, the railroad took one last opportunity to team her up with the 4960... (more)

I can see for Miles and Miles and Miles...

The expanse of the Northland of Arizona is quite apparent here between the stations of Valle and Willaha on the Grand Canyon Railway.... (more)

One More Time, We’re Gonna Celebrate

With her back against the wall before her tube time expires this week, Trains Magazine chartered the Grand Canyon Railway and made the st... (more)

On September 21, 2019 Grand Canyon Railway 29 & 4960 doublehead on the Williams Flyer

Blasting upgrade at 40 mph, Grand Canyon's 2-8-0 29, a May 1906 product of the American Locomotive Company's Pittsburg works, hauls the first train of the day up the grade at Quivero, Arizona. Gr... (more)

The first Grand Canyon Railway train of the morning has just departed Williams for a north bound run up to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. A pair of F40's lead the train across a small wooden t... (more)

After the first train departed the South Rim Village station, Grand Canyon Railway train two has been positioned at the platform for boarding and an on time departure at 4:30 PM.

Grand Canyon 2-8-0 29 and 2-8-2 4960 put on a spectacular show as they storm upgrade through Coconino Canyon.

Golden hour at Miller's Wash. With the sun descending rapidly toward the horizon, our Grand Canyon Steam Doubleheader charges across the wooden trestle over the dry stream bed known as Mill... (more)

Highball at Willaha. Both of the Grand Canyon Railway's steamers combine to haul 8 heavy, Harriman Commuter Cars south past the siding at Willaha (MP 37.7) on their southbound run back to W... (more)

The "greenest" steam train in America. At least that's how they bill today's Grand Canyon Steam operations. Both of the line's two steamers are converted coal-burners, each now ... (more)

Track speed in the canyon. One of the fastest steam tourist railroads in the US, the trains on the Grand Canyon Railway often hit 40 MPH on the 64-mile run from Williams to the Grand Canyon... (more)