SLRG 459 switching in the late afternoon at Antonito.

Colorado’s San Luis Valley is a huge high-altitude (average 7,664 feet above sea level) valley that is approximately 122 miles long and 74 miles wide with some of it used for grazing and growing... (more)

Outside the Alamosa shops ready to head West to Chama

Train derailment on the east slope of Veta Pass high above the Middle Creek valley.

San Luis & Rio Grande EMD SD9043MAC No. 115 sits stored at Alamosa, Colorado, on June 4, 2018. Apparently many of SL&RG’s locomotives are unserviceable, as they currently have three Union Pacifi... (more)

A San Luis & Rio Grande SD9043MAC sits in the yard after a Colorado snowstorm, and awaits its next assignment.

Locomotives:
SLRG 115 SD9043MAC

If you ever wondered what happened to some of Amtrak’s ExpressTrak reefer cars, the answer can be found in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. In this view from September 1, 2013, a group of the cars ... (more)

The gorgeous Spanish Peaks loom in the background as BNSF SD70ACe No. 8592 leads a short vehicle train from Clovis, New Mexico to Denver, Colorado through the town of Walsenburg, Colorado on May 1... (more)

The Alamosa Turn crests the 2.5% climb to La Veta Pass. The train will soon be descending the 3% grade, on the journey to Walsenburg, Colorado...

A single San Luis & Rio Grande F40 pulls a long string of tank cars west out of the yard in Alamosa, Colorado.

Locomotives:
SLRG 459 F40PH

Waiting for permission to proceed is San Luis Rio Grande No. 459. Built for Amtrak as a F40PHR it was later rebuilt as a F40M-2F. I hope I have the information correct.

The spirit of the southwest is alive and well in the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, as seen by this festively painted mailbox perched on the fencepost. Despite that, we're still close enoug... (more)

This was somewhere around Alamosa, CO. I was vacationing in the Midwest and happen to spot this from a local road, maybe half a mile away. It was on a very rarely used segment of track, possibly a... (more)

SLRG 8577 is exiting the yard limits east of Monte Vista after switching the SLC interchange.

SLRG 116 drifts through Estrella, by a station sign of DRGW influence.