High Desert Wanderer. Just after sunrise, D&RG Consolidation #425 leads a mixed train west out of Antonito, CO, headed for Chama, NM and later, Durango, Colorado, pictured here passing MP 2... (more)

Three former Rio Grande tunnel motors lead UP ZDVRO past the west end of Kyune siding on the Provo Sub. The winter of 2001 would be the last time these units would operate in solid sets leading r... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande heads into the yard at Antonito after turning on the loop track during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

DRG 425/DRGW 315 has finished it's final run before the 1472 and is now reversing back into Antonito Yard

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 takes a drink from the water tank at Osier before heading back to Antonito. The Rio Grande T-12 class engines were built as passenger power, and No. 168 has no probl... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 steams through the woods at Toltec Creek with a special train bound for Osier. This was one of several excursions operated during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 and 2-8-0 425 are out of Antonito and heading toward Osier during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup. In tow are several authentic wood cars from the 1870s-1890s, incl... (more)

Two late 19-century steam locomotives, Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 and 2-8-0 425, are pulling a special excursion across the Colorado desert near Antonito during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup... (more)

Five first generation Rio Grande Geeps, lead by GP9 5943 in charge of a mainline freight at Plainview, Colorado in March 1969. Photo from my slide collection, Photographer J.B. Calvert.

DRG 425/DRGW 315 crossing Cascade Trestle on it's final run before it's 1472 rebuild

High Lonesome Mixed

The brisk fall morning breaks over Colorado's San Luis Valley near 1920 as a mixed train on the Denver and Rio Grande makes its way out of Antonito, Colorad... (more)

Crew change at Helper, Utah. Scanned from a color print.

DRGW 168 crosses Ferguson / Hangman's trestle at Sunrise

Cotton Candy Skies

The brisk fall morning breaks over Colorado's San Luis Valley in the late 1800's as the daily train on the Denver and Rio Grande makes its way from Denver vi... (more)

DRGW 493 north at Whitehead Gultch