Golden Switch

SD40-2 idles impatiently at the grade crossing in North Yard on the Golden Sub with the weekly glass shipment.

Icicles, Blue Hour, and Snow

Snow flakes glisten in the headlight beam of #491 while taking water at the tank. Nearly a foot of snow fell on this day, just right for some shots... (more)

October Snow

D&RGW #491 is throttling up the grade at the Colorado Railroad Museum in the first snows of the season.

RGS #20 does a blow-down on the turntable. Note the awkward position the fireman is in in the tight deckless cab. The valve is NOT in an ergonomically friendly location. From the Trains magazin... (more)

Beauty and the Geese Beautiful 10-wheeler RGS #20 poses in all of its newly restored glory between two of its long time "Galloping Goose" workmates - Work Goose #6 and Goose #7 w... (more)

1971-2011

Amtrak Heritage unit #156 in Heritage I leads the California Zephyr at tunnel 1 and Coal Creek Canyon.

The Grandstands of the Great Plains

California Zephyr and the grandstands of the Great Plains. I looked out the window and saw the break at Big Ten from an ongoing thundersh... (more)

RGS Twenty

The return of Rio Grande Southern #20 on the Trains Magazine with Jim Wrinn and the Colorado Railroad Museum photo spectacular Aug 1st was a sell out exciting an... (more)

Celebrating history The February 1942 issue of Trains magazine featured a photo by William (Bill) Moedinger Jr. of the #20 which became one of the most iconic photos of the Rio Grande Sout... (more)

Switching at "No Agua" Rio Grande Southern #20's coming out party was a great success. Here we see #20 backing down to couple to a short freight at "No Agua" tank duri... (more)

Rio Grande Southern #20 (Schenectady Locomotive Works 4-6-0) gets a load of water and the crew work out the final details on today's opening run at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Rio Grande Southern #20 lives! The sun has almost set behind the mesa as Rio Grande Southern #20 takes on water at "No Agua" at the Colorado RR Museum. It's August 1st 2020 as #2... (more)

Old workmates back together... Goose #7 sits proudly next to Rio Grande Southern #20 and its even prouder crew. From a Trains Magazine photo shoot at the Colorado RR Museum celebrating the ... (more)

The caboose is connected and its time for the engineer to mount up and take the Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) to the Colorado Railroad Museum station for the morning's first passenger trip. The... (more)

Rio Grande Southern #20 is on stage at the Colorado Railroad Museum for its comeback from a lengthy thorough restoration.