A westbound California Zephyr emerges from a tunnel in Gore Canyon as it hugs the banks of the Colorado River.
A BNSF freight follows the Colorado River through red rock canyons on its approach to Dell.
An eastbound California Zephyr crosses the Colorado River near Dell.
A mixture of rain, fog, and hail drift through the San Juan Mountains as a Durango & Silverton doubleheader led by SP 18 passes by what remains of Cataract Falls. After an extended hiatus due to t... (more)
Dawn breaks over Missionary Ridge as an empty early morning train works its way from Durango up to Rockwood, where the Durango & Silverton temporarily based their operations during height of the C... (more)
Snow coats the summit of the Gornergrat (and the Matterhorn) as a late morning train begins its long descent back down to Zermatt.
It's a long way down from the top of the Findelbach Viaduct, seen here on a picture perfect spring day with the towering Matterhorn in the distance.
Warm late afternoon light bathes 99 7243-1 as it snakes its way through a series of S-curves leading to Schierke, the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen's last stop before the summit of the Brocken.
Tunnel Vision
With an emphasis on the *narrow* part of its name, The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's Cascade Canyon Express eases along the shelf track hundreds of feet above the Animas River along ... (more)
The Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express snakes along the snow banks of the Animas River just below Tank Creek.
The Durango & Silverton's iconic highline is coated in fresh snow as coal burner #481 rounds the horseshoe curve on its return trip from Cascade Canyon.
Durango & Silverton coal burner #481 blows down as it rounds the iconic horseshoe curve in the late afternoon light.
As light hits the water vapor hanging in the air from Durango & Silverton #481's blowdown, a rainbow forms briefly over the Animas River.
Durango & Silverton #481 rounds the horseshoe curve on the railroad's iconic highline as seen from the caboose.