It may look like the Carolinas, but this is actually Alamosa, Colorado. Sitting in the San Luis & Rio Grande yard are Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad F9B 6622 (the WCLR is a shortline in both the Ca... (more)

RPCX 6622 at Alamosa, CO.

Freshly painted Colorado Pacific-CXR 316 at Alamosa, CO. New owners for the former San Luis and Rio Grande RR. I will be back again, hope it all pans out for them.

There was a lot of interesting equipment in the San Luis & Rio Grande's yard in Alamosa when I visited. On the left is a former Southern Pacific caboose, Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau (... (more)

Ex SLRG 459 now with BUGX reporting marks.

RPCX 804 being used in work train service on the old SLRG at Alamosa, CO.

ALAMOSA CO Oct 21 1977 — The last vestiges of the below-the-horizon sun illuminate Rio Grande GP40 3077 as the moon climbs skyward at right. My photo.

A San Luis & Rio Grande photo freight, powered by 2-6-0 No. 1744, aims at La Veta Pass east of after departing Alamosa, Colorado, at first light. This is a special photo freight operated by the ra... (more)

The sun has just cracked the horizon on the morning of September 20, 2007, as San Luis & Rio Grande’s former Southern Pacific 2-6-0 No. 1744 works toward La Veta Pass east of Alamosa, Colorado. ... (more)

Early morning departure from Alamosa.

Back in more promising times out here. Ex-GM&O F3A was last used by the very short lived Historic Saint Mary's operation in Southeast GA.

Former Wabash parlor-observation "Blue Bird Club" stored near the depot in Alamosa along with many other passenger cars once owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings. Some have been purchased by ... (more)

Iowa Pacific 518 languishes in the yard at Alamosa and is for sale following the closure of the San Luis & Rio Grande. I hope this classic cab unit finds a buyer.

SLRG 227, originally built for Amtrak as AMTK 227 sits idle in Alamosa yard with an uncertain future

It's October 14th 2007, and I've run down to the San Luis Valley to spend the day photographing former Southern Pacific 2-6-0 #1744 on the final day of the operating season on the San Luis & Rio G... (more)