SL&RG 18 has made its way around the loop at the summit of La Veta Pass. It's a mere few more feet to the summit...
SL&RG 18 tries its hardest to surmount the slippery rails on its climb to the summit (Greased possibly by the track foreman). Mt Blanca rises in the distance
SL&RG 18 makes its way over a small trestle near Sierra, from here to La Veta, it's a isolated climb over the Sangre De Cristo Mountains.
Roaring across the San Luis Valley, the (San Luis &) Rio Grande #18 heads Eastward, as the Massive (and It's HUGE at 14,000 Feet above Sea Level) Mt Blanca towers above the landscape
Hey... Rio Grande over the Rio Grande!
SL&RG 18 Pulls her first train at her new home of Alamosa.
A early morning Rio Grande Freight train descends towards Walsenburg Colorado... In Actuality, this is a San Luis and Rio Grande train, led by the newly acquired 18...
Work Extra 18 is in front of the Spanish Peaks as it takes its train along for a ride. This is the first steam locomotive east of La Veta Colorado since 1956.
Work Extra 18 Blasts uphill out of Tunnel 2
A early morning Rio Grande Freight train descends (but with smoke of course) towards Walsenburg Colorado... In Actuality, this is a San Luis and Rio Grande train, led by the newly acquired 18...
Work Extra 484 Crosses over the Los Pinos River
Work Extra 484 emerges from Rock Tunnel, High above the Toltec Gorge
Conductor Phil Piet brings GCR 29 into Car Shop Track #1 to grab its train that it will haul to the Canyon... It's a cold morning, and there's icicles hanging off of the rear of the tender and th... (more)
29 Makes the final assault up the 3% Grade into Williams