Rocks Ahead!

Re-creating an iconic photo that graced the front cover to Trains Magazine in 1942, the newly restored Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. 20 poses as a brakeman sits on... (more)

Jimmy Booth tends the Fire
Master of his vessel tends his fire on RGS 20 in the early hours of a long day behind the throttle.

Heavy Snow & Steam
RGS 20 acting as it’s own weather system stirs up the snow and swirls with excitement.

The Engineer

Just before pulling on the throttle, the engineer of Rio Grande Southern 20 looks back for the highball from the conductor. The engineer here is well known in the... (more)

The Meet at No Agua

During the Triple Steam Up Weekend at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20 overtakes Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 #346 at the No... (more)

Misnomer

- A misnomer is a name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied.

There's one somewhere in this photo, see if you can find it. This weekend at the Colorado ... (more)

From the Trains magazine RGS 20 photoshoot at the Colorado RR Museum. We were treated to both a freight and a passenger train the first evening. In this view, 20 backs down to couple onto the pa... (more)

Rio Grande Southern #20 rounds a bend coming out of a cut as it climbs the grade to "No Agua" tank at the Colorado RR Museum. It's August 1st, and #20 is making its long anticipated pub... (more)

It's Sunday morning on the 2nd of August and the crew is preparing RGS #20 for the day's excursions during the celebration of #20's return to service at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The conducto... (more)

Liftoff

Pulling away from the platform under a full head of steam RGS 20 is amid its own weather system on a cold snowy day.

Fall & Winter Mingle at the Tank

Fall color mingles with Winter at the water tank. Rio Grande Southern 20 is just lifting off with a flurry of steam among the snow flurries.

The Right Stuff

Legends unit at the Colorado Railroad Museum to operate a living legend RGS 20.

Snow, steam, Fall color, and RGS 20

A superb blessing of early snow and wintery weather helped mellow the forest fires of northern Colorado and bless those of us who worship t... (more)

Legends in the Snow

A superb blessing of early snow and wintery weather helped mellow the forest fires of northern Colorado and bless those of us who worship the steam and ste... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's newest addition to their fleet of operating steam locomotives, Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0), backs up to the water tower on the museum grounds.