San Luis & Rio Grande's Monte Vista Turn heads east back toward Alamosa after interchanging with the San Luis Central Railroad on a beautiful winter day in Southern Colorado.

SP's Antonito Local passes through the Conejos County town of Romeo with 19 loads of decorative perlite rock for Alamosa yard.

Rio Grande Spreader 052 awaits the need to remove snow between switches in the old D&RGW yard at Alamosa, Colorado. It was rebuilt at Burnham from a wood frame flanger in 1941.

Rio Grande Spreader 049, built by Jordan in 1937, awaits the chance to clear deep snow in the old D&RGW yard at Alamosa, Colorado.

SP's Creede Local heads west through the San Luis Valley with 16 cars of interchange traffic for the San Luis Central Railroad at Sugar Junction.

The Alamosa based Creede Local shoves from the branch to a spur track with Scale Test car X-0450 between the D&RGW 01489 and the 3155. The crew will soon evaluate the accuracy of a weigh scale at ... (more)

A Rio Grande GP60 assigned to work the Creede Local turns on the wye near the historic D&RGW roundhouse in Alamosa, Colorado. The sturdy brick structure that served both narrow and standard gauge ... (more)

Rio Grande 3100 departs the stylish but derelict Antonito train depot with 30 loads of perlite for Alamosa yard. Only a block away from this location is the steam powered, narrow gauge Cumbres & T... (more)

A short SLRG freight is north of Monte Vista as it waits for a local customer to finish loading several grain cars before the train can return to Alamosa.

SLRG 8577 sits in the small yard in Alamosa across from the company offices.

Once a former gray LMX GE B39-8 like sister No. 8524 behind, San Luis & Rio Grande No. 8577 shows off her new colors at Alamosa, Colorado, on September 19, 2007. The locomotive came to the SL&RG i... (more)

San Luis & Rio Grande's Monte Vista Turn is seen interchanging with the San Luis Central on a crystal clear winter afternoon in Southern Colorado. The San Luis Central serves the rich agricultural... (more)

The San Luis & Rio Grande Monte Vista job works a local customer in downtown Monte Vista on a crystal clear day in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado.

San Luis & Rio Grande's Alamosa to Monte Vista turn is running light engine through this winter scene just before arriving at Monte Vista to begin several hours of local switching. After serving a... (more)

Rio Grande’s Creede Local switches the mill at South Fork, Colorado, on the eve of a July 1984 summer day in the far western edge of the San Luis Valley. D&RGW GP30 No. 3010 pauses while spottin... (more)