After getting thoroughly soaked shooting in pouring rain, I've taken shelter under the coaling tower, trading the hazard of raindrops for the possibility of light to moderate bird droppings. The ... (more)

During the heyday of passenger travel, class 1 RR's generally prioritized passenger trains over freight, but the Nevada Northern was always a freight first line. Here we see #93 waiting patiently... (more)

D&RG 425 steams away from the engine house at Antonito, Colorado. That morning the Consolidation would team up with sister No. 168 (in the background) for the "Across the Railroad" excu... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 425 is with D&RG 168 at Whiplash Curve between Lava and Big Horn with the "Across the Railroad" excursion on August 27, 2021.

Denver & Rio Grande 425 sits in perfect afternoon light at the Antonito, Colorado, engine house of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.

Denver & Rio Grande 425 eases away from the Cumbres section house with the historic consist bound for Chama. This was the last leg of the "Across the Railroad" excursion on August 27, 20... (more)

Rio Grande 425 has completed its air test and is pulling up to load passengers prior to departing "Across the Railroad" on August 27th. No. 168 will also be added to the head end before ... (more)

In the high desert weather is uncertain and at this juncture has decided to become chilly, windy and flecked with rain but it creates a steam era atmosphere that is incomparable. Newly resuscitat... (more)

Looking jaunty after her long sleep and decorated in as-delivered green this beauty rolls a short ore train into town on a “Trains” magazine photo weekend. There’s nothing like the sound of... (more)

Rio Grande 425 is at Cumbres Pass with the historic consist after bringing a train over from Antonito. No. 168 has been cut off and will stay the night at Cumbres; 425 will continue down the moun... (more)

GSMR Tuckasegee River Excursion with the former US Army consolidation 2-8-0 now GSMR 1702 making its way back to Bryson City just outside the town of Whittier.

Echoes of an earlier age. Denver & Rio Grande Consolidation #425 hauls an eastbound mixed consist out of the rock cut at MP 317.3, just east of Osier, CO on a pretty fall day in 2021, on a ... (more)

Moonlight guides New Hope Railroad Engine 40 as it glides through the night making its way towards Reeder Road. Light falls upon remnants of railroading days past, in a simple rail holder stone, u... (more)

Tip-toeing over Cascade Creek. With the aspens popping all over the hills surrounding the Los Pinos Valley, D&RG Locomotive #425 slowly rumbles across the high bridge over Cascade Creek at ... (more)

Steamscape: The Los Pinos Valley. High above the Los Pinos Creek, just west of Osier, CO, D&RGW Locomotive #425 takes a mixed train east through a deep rock cut at about MP 317.3. This vie... (more)