On Saturday May 25th, me and a few friends had the pleasure to ride on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Excursion Train powered by 2-8-2 JS Class Steam Locomotive. We all got to ride in the Rock... (more)

After running around their train at Fraser, the first excursion train of the day returns back into Boone, Iowa passing the depot and train order signal.

Fireman Joseph Magee shovels coal into the firebox of Boone & Scenic Valley #8419, a 2-8-2 JS Class Chinese Built Steam Locomotive.

At West Ogden, two stack trains meet running left hand main on the Boone Subdivision. The stack train on the left will continue to follow an Ethanol Train and run on Approach Medium Signals unless... (more)

Three aging Warbonnet Dash 9s take charge of this Denver, CO to Great Falls, MT Manifest that is seen departing North Yard in Fort Collins, Colorado on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Spencer Vaughn puts water into 8419's tender after returning from Fraser to Boone, Iowa on the first excursion trip of the day. They will do another trip later on at 4:00pm to Fraser and back agai... (more)

On board the Rock Island Caboose, we see CCW Car Number 50 return back to the station after running through Boone east of the station. Car 50 was built by the McGuire-Cummings Company of Paris, Il... (more)

Taken with permission. Minneapolis & St. Louis ALCO RS-1 sits in the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad shops in Boone, IA. The unit will operate on excursions once again on Sunday and during t... (more)

A passenger sits back and relaxes while looking out the window with another passenger sleeping in the Sightseer Lounge on Amtrak #5 as we do our station stop here in Creston, Iowa. Just outside th... (more)

Amtrak passengers enjoy the late afternoon sun from the Sightseer Lounge as we pass a loaded coal train that is parked in the siding at Barr, Colorado.

A clean SD70ACe and SD70M lead an Eastbound Manifest on Track 1 under neat the signals in Ames, IA.

A Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad crew member poses next to a 2-8-2 JS Chinese Built Steam Locomotive that has returned to Boone from Fraser.

Five Dash 9s and a AC4400CW including a NS "Catfish" and ex ATSF Warbonnet roll down Berthoud Hill over a small creek after meeting the Southbound Laurel - Denver at Longs Peak. The train is runni... (more)

After getting a new track warrant from MP 74 to RL Cheyenne, the Denver, CO to Great Falls, MT Manifest approaches the Trilby Road Crossing and MP 67.8 just outside of Fort Collins, CO.

Thunderstorms continue to develop over the Denver area as some sunlight peeks out of some clouds just as a Kirvin, TX to Buckskin Mine, WY Empty Coal Train trundles along on Berthoud Hill with a l... (more)