K-28s sisters 473 and 476 make their final push into Silverton, seen from high above the "Narrows" of the Animas River. Hopefully, I am the first and last person to obtain this angle... (more)

How high? 238 feet to be exact. That's how high above the Animas River train 261 finds itself with the last coal burner, 481, taking point.

EBT 16 leads a freight north as it nears Shirleysburg. I have to admit that having now finally experienced this place when they were running, the hype is real & that I fully believe that the EBT w... (more)

More from the Toltec Rattler Redux on the Cumbres & Toltec. What luck to have the event happen the day after a snowstorm which left the high country with a nice dusting. This allowed me to get a... (more)

Take on some water at the Needleton Tank.The former D&RGW K-37 Locomotive #493 makes a big show of her southbound departure from the legacy Needleton Tank at Milepost 484.4. This is one of... (more)

Looking high above the famous High Line we see K-36 Class 480 on train 261 to Cascade Canyon.

Steaming out of the Past Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 20 recreates a classic scene photographed by the late William Moedinger during TRAINS Magazine's "Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern&q... (more)

Chest Deep
The battle rages on at the Summit of Cumbres Pass.

Durango to Dolores. Charging through the colorful high country of southwestern Colorado, a Rio Grande Southern freight makes its way through Lost Canyon on a run from its terminal in Durang... (more)

Water stop: Los Pinos Tank. After stopping to fill their respective tender cisterns, D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 pull away from the Los Pinos Tank (MP 325.5) and begin climbing the last 5... (more)

A magnificent sight in Antonito as the sun peeks through the clouds after a thunderstorm.

Eureka leads Glenbrook through the scrub at rural Big Horn, Colorado. One of several great scenes set up for photographers during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

Desert dawn on the D&RG. With a layer of mid-level clouds lighting up in spectacular fashion by the approaching sunrise, a Denver & Rio Grande passenger extra charges west over Ferguson's T... (more)

Steamscape: The view from Big Horn Peak. Looking down from the northern slope of Big Horn Peak, on the Colorado/New Mexico Border, we watch as Eureka & Palisade #4 and Carson & Tahoe Lumber... (more)

Snow covered tree branches in the Animas Canyon frame the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express as it crosses the high bridge on its way back to Durango.