A narrow gauge locomotive axle set sits in the massive machine shop for some work. The DSNG is a big operation and can perform most maintenance in house.
K-36 480 sits in the roundhouse as the back up engine today. 473, 482, 486, and 481 were all out on the the line - an impressive operation to say the least!
Under the watchful eye and guidance of the conductor, our engine for the day backs onto her consist in downtown Durango in preparation for the 45 mile northbound run to Silverton as she has done s... (more)
After turning her train on the wye, 486 backs into town to reboard passengers. With 3-4 daily trains into Silverton's limited yard space, the daily dance of turning trains is fascinating to watch.
Southern "Mikado" #4501 is seen in the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's East Chattanooga Yard as "Consolidation" #630 is rotated on the turntable. Lighting courtesy "Fr... (more)
Smoking stacks from the power station in the background, the ubiquitous power lines, and people crossing the line on their way to work. A typical early morning scene at Fuxin in China except sadly... (more)
SOO 1003 sits in the clear during a layover at Janesville while the Wisconsin & Southern goes about normal business. The 1003 was headed to Chicago for an event for Shriners Hospital and Metra fa... (more)
Baldwin K-36 No. 482 drops the fire after a long day. The 482 will retire to the shop for overnight servicing and be ready to roll first thing in the morning.
After a hard day's work, a pair of C&TS's 4 operational K-36s rest outside the Chama shop.
A pair of Former DRGW K-36's and a K-27 "Mudhen", all hot, congregate at the Chama shop near a recently repainted Flanger OK. The 484 will power tomorrow's eastbound train to Antonito. ... (more)
I could post a shot of dear ole' 3254 everyday and never run out.
An interesting collection sits around the Durango turntable including this long out of service K-37 #493 which was retired by the Rio Grande in 1970. It is one of several out of service K-37s thro... (more)
Switching Moves at Randolph. With just a reefer and caboose in tow, the big Mikado, SOO 1003 moves east toward a switch that will give her access to a long string of sand hoppers on the adj... (more)
Waiting on the brake test. SOO 1003's Engineer looks back for a visual confirmation of a successful brake test from his Trainman as the crew assembles a freight in the yard just west of dow... (more)
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Job Briefing: 1949
Night has enveloped the Durango Depot in the late 1940's as a late arriving 'San Juan Express' arrives from Alamosa and points east. Actually, this is a staged photo shoot put on by the Duran... (more)
A Pause in the Action - Valley Railroad trainman Sam placed his lantern on the ground while waiting for passengers to leave the final North Pole Express train of the evening. Once the passengers ... (more)
Durango's maintenance team wastes no time at looking over 481 after she arrives from Silverton. After all the passengers are off, she will pull the train around the roundhouse (at left) on a ballo... (more)
K-36 No. 489 pulls away after dropping off a car at the shop in Antonito.The 489 will then switch over and back into the shop for the night to prepare for tomorrows run to Chama.
As dark envelopes the Yard in black pouring rain, the Engineer reluctantly returns to his charge, New Haven No. 3025. He will climb aboard, release the brake, tug the throttle and to put the big b... (more)
Valley Railroad ALCo 2-8-2 is pulling forward to dump ash and the fireboy is going for the next switch. While this work was common years ago, it has vanished for the most part throughout the world... (more)
The collection at the Oregon Coast Historical Railway. The consist to the left is the pride of the fleet, and is as follows: 2-8-2 #104, SP caboose #1134, BN caboose #11269, and OCHR S-2 #111. As ... (more)
After loading coal and other servicing, K-36 No. 482, makes a move to the turntable before retiring for the night.
D&SNG K36 No.482 poses on the turntable along with No.486 before retiring to the shop for the night.
D&SNG K36 No.482 takes on coal for tomorrows trip up Cumbres Pass and over to Antonito during a night photo session at the D&SNG Yard.
Pinning on the power. A D&RGW K-27 Locomotive couples up to a freight consist in the yard at Cumbres Pass, in preparation for the trip down the 4% grade to Chama, NM and beyond. On the si... (more)
An essential step in firing a steam locomotive is the blow-down. This opens the boiler to atmospheric pressure just above the mudring, allowing the steam pressure above the water to force all of t... (more)
Having been brought off the ready track at the roundhouse, the bulk of Colorado Railroad Museum's largest operating locomotive fills the turntable.
Tom Wyatt engineer, watches his fireman Jack Emerick III dump CN 3254's ash while trainman Jeffery David Knoop looks on.
Another stormy Rocky Mountain evening falls on this old K-37. It is one of several out of service K-37s throughout the state. #491 at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden is the only currently operati... (more)
SY 1764 departs Gushan Erjing with an empty coal train. By this date in February 2015, SY1764 had become the youngest operable 2-8-2 in China, a mere 20 years old, as all the newer locomotives had... (more)
Change at the Shift Change! Dieselization of one of the mines at Fuxin has introduced the presence of two diesels into the shift change line-up at Fuxin. But all is well for the day, as SY 2-8-2 #... (more)
Shift Change at Fuxin is a unique sight in the world today. Up to eight locomotives line up to change crews before departing in all directions for the days work. Early morning finds SY1460 steamin... (more)
SY 1195 reenacts the burning of Rome with an incredibly smoky departure from Wulong Mine with a train of spoil rock.
SY1441 departs ZhuangMeiZhan with a long train of loaded coal cars. This train is bound for Pingzhuang Nan Station where the steam powered mining railway interchanges with the dieselized China Rai... (more)
Deep in the massive opencast pit at Sandaoling, a steam crane is hard at work delivering a piece of mine equipment to the mining face. The semi truck will carry this equipment to the mining area. ... (more)
On the 7th of March 2016, an empty Fly Ash train eases down the steep grade off the spoil heap at Fuxin in NE China where it is dumped. The Fly Ash is a by product of the Coal Fired Power Stations... (more)
On the 9th of March 2013, the Station Master at Metianzhen in NE China, awaits the arrival of the China Rail passenger train from Manzhouli heading to Haerbin. SY 1134 waits in the yard with a loa... (more)
On the 9th of December 2012, SY 1134 hauls a loaded Coal train into the China Rail exchange sidings at Metianzhen in NE China having travelled from the town of Wuijiu. The train will be weighed on... (more)
Water at Sublette. Here's a more conventional view of our D&RGW Flanger train arriving at Sublette. The water column at the west end of the complex is normally operational and is used dail... (more)
End of Standard Gauge. This image was an effort to re-create the 1950 Bob Richardson photo that the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec used to advertise the 2016 Flanger Charter. That histori... (more)
At Sandaoling Coal Railway on the 25th of February 2016, JS 8197 sits under the coal stage at East Yard whilst the driver sits next to the water column checking his modern smart phone. Such are so... (more)
One of 2 static K-37s on display in Antonito greets visitors as they arrive. It is one of several out of service K-37s throughout the state. #491 at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden is the only cu... (more)
Sweet Home Antonito. Lately, I've been on quite a number of charters, during which night photo sessions were planned. Unfortunately, on most of them, the night sessions ended up being canc... (more)
Fuxin Mining Administration SY 1397 makes a thunderous departure from Wulong Mine with a train of spoil bound for the spoil tip. Soon this train will reverse direction on the track in the foregro... (more)
HOTBOX! One of the spoil wagon axle boxes has caught fire as another empty spoil train pushes out of the yard at Ping'An Coal Mine.
Steam from the dropped fire on #478 swirls around the roundhouse at Durango. #481 and 482 occupy the adjacent tracks along with #473s tender to complete this daily scene in southwestern Colorado.
Dynamo Productions held a night photo session at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum on August 13, 2015, I was brought in to make the event happen. I had a great time and even had the opportunity... (more)
We'll be needing the sanders..... Sumpter Valley Engineer Eric Wunz makes one last check of the sand supply on Mikado #19 as he prepares depart McEwen and head west toward Sumpter. A snow... (more)
EBT 12 built in December of 1911 was the first Mikado (2-8-2) Baldwin locomotive on the East Broad Top Railroad property, On her maiden voyage up the mountain to Robertsdale, It derailed its lead ... (more)
Highball for Sumpter. Less than an hour after sunrise, a Sumpter Valley mixed train heads west at Hawley Spur, on a pleasant fall day. Backlit situations can be difficult for many photogr... (more)
Sitting in Chama, New Mexico, a Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train, led by 2-8-2 489, waits to depart. This former Rio Grande K-36 Mikado (the last of ten built by Baldwin in 1925) looks mass... (more)
Picking up orders in Horicon, WI. Prior to setting out a string of sand hoppers in the Horicon Yard, the crew of SOO 1003 receives orders for her dead-head run back to quarters in Hartford,... (more)
East Washington St., Brandon, WI. Slowing to yard speed as she enters Brandon, SOO 1003 passes a team of Engineers from the Maintenance of Way Department, who are surveying in advance of so... (more)
Hammering away! Pile Driver OB's small steam engine alternately raises and drops its very heavy iron hammer on a small pile in the Antonito Yard, adjacent to the balloon loop track. The pi... (more)
Late afternoon turn at Osier. While the patrons of the Friends Maintenance of Way Charter enjoy a late lunch in the distant Osier Dining Hall, the crew of the 463 has turned the train to fa... (more)
K-37 #498 sits forlorn in the back of the Durango yard with no current plans for operation. It is one of several out of service K-37s throughout the state. #491 at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden... (more)
4501 night photo session
4501 has a very nice look in this profile shot.
On the 10th of January 2012, a train dumps a load of molten slag at the Beitai Steel Works in NE China. The site was first visited by foreign steam photographers in 2002. Since that time the manag... (more)
Southern Railroad Hostler takes care of the 4501 before it's next run.
Late afternoon on the 8th of March 2013, a Flagman protects the level crossing as a load of empty coal wagons arrives into the yard at Wujiu in north east China.
After dropping off their passengers at the depot, Cumbres & Toltec K-36 No. 484 proceeds through the yard to the west end of town to be wyed for the next day's train on July 21, 2015.
The workers train has just departed west yard at Sandaoling on the 3rd of March 2014. Engine crews would change over at this location twice a day to work their 12 hour shift and service the engine... (more)
Long time Steamtown engineer Dick Roden hauls lube oil for his charge of the day, 1917 2-8-2 CN 3254. It's October 2012 and ole' '54 has less than 2 months of service left.
Bedtime for 486. The late summer sun is only about 30 minutes from the horizon and the shadows are long in the Durango Yard. The regular train crews are off the clock and headed home as th... (more)
Standing guard in the Silverton Yard. Looking a bit forlorn, and certainly a bit worse for wear, Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493 stands guard over the small railroad yard on the east ... (more)
4501 is flying American flags in remembrance of the four Marines and Sailor killed in the Chattanooga shooting.
Now arriving from Durango....The Sil-ver-ton! It's just past noon and Train 462, the second of two daily departures from Durango is passing the 1882-vintage D&RGW depot in Silverton, Colora... (more)
The hostlers work on C&TS K-36 No. 484 at the shops in Chama, New Mexico. The locomotive earlier completed its run from Antonito on the westbound passenger train.
Resting after the dead head move from TVRM the previous two days, Southern Mikado 4501 simmers in Bristol Yard on a humid night in June.
Railfan at work
Two locos for 4000to.
The second loco is steam 2-10-0 (043)
