tourist train operated by ABPF

Southern 4501 kicks off the 2023 steam season at TVRM, leading the missionary ridge local over Tunnel Blvd on a perfect spring afternoon.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 approaches Lobato Trestle, passing through Weed City. The siding here was the sight of a faux railroad station and water tank used in the filming of a few iconic movies.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 stands atop the entire railroad at Cumbres Pass, looking over valley below.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 navigates out of the Chama Valley, as she climbs the railroad's ruling 4% grade at Dalton, NM. Once a logging spur, the dirt road crossing remains as an access road to the unc... (more)

99 2323-6 with the early train in dense fog in Heiligendamm station on March 2nd, 2023.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 takes on water at the Los Piños Tank. The original tank was rebuilt to smaller specifications in the late 80s.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 shuffles a passenger train around the wye and through the yard at Chama, just as the sun begins to dip below the surrounding mountain vistas

Cumbres & Toltec 489 makes the final ascent towards Cumbres Pass, offering passengers scenic vista views of the valley below. The railroad was built up to Cumbres and down through the Los Piños V... (more)

The 2-8-2 steamlocomotive 41 # 1144 of the IGE "Werrabahn Eisenach" e. V. came from Meiningen via Arnstadt to Erfurt this day with the IGE/ZRT Bahnreisen roundtrip around the Thüringerw... (more)

The 2-8-2 mixed train steamlocomotive 41 # 1144 of the IGE "Werrabahn Eisenach" e. V. came from Eisenach to Meiningen this day, to pull the IGE/ZRT Bahnreisen roundtrip around the Thüri... (more)

The 2-8-2 mixed train steamlocomotive 41 # 1144 of the IGE "Werrabahn Eisenach" e. V. is leaving the 233 meter long Zella-Mehlis tunnel in a grade of 2.0 % and entering the station, with... (more)

How high? 238 feet to be exact. That's how high above the Animas River train 261 finds itself with the last coal burner, 481, taking point.

After a summer exploring angles of this line in the remote San Juans, I came to a simple conclusion for these high-angle shots: fly the drone, don't climb. This was an angle I scoped out over the ... (more)

Atop the famous rock overlooking Shalona Lake and the Silverton Branch, 476 snakes its way into Rockwood delivering a scene straight out of the late 20th century.