More from the recent Toltec Rattler Redux charter on the C&TS... as we continued down out of the high country, we gradually moved out of snowy territory. As our freight approached Bighorn siding a... (more)

More from the Toltec Rattler Redux on the Cumbres & Toltec. What luck to have the event happen the day after a snowstorm which left the high country with a nice dusting. This allowed me to get a... (more)

In the fall of1972, the fledgling Cumbres & Toltec RR organized their first ever photo freight, dubbed the Toltec Rattler. 50 years later the Toltec Rattler Redux, an event commemorating that fir... (more)

On October 20, 2022, Rio Grande K-37 2-8-2 No. 491 and Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. 20, both 3-foot narrow gauge locomotives, sit on Track 1 and 2 in the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museu... (more)

Up From Durango…

A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train makes its way through Needleton on its way to Silverton on a beautiful October day

Cumbres & Toltec 489 thunders through Coxo before climbing onto Windy Point and arriving in Cumbres Pass.

D&S 482 is leading the daily train to Silverton as it enters back into the City of Durango

Night Train From Tillamook

Just north of Tillamook Oregon, on the Oregon coast scenic railway, we find Polson lumber company mikado number two headed towards Garibaldi. This ev... (more)

Southern 4501 crosses Chickamauga Creek en route to Grand Junction to begin the final day of steam operations for 2022 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver and Rio Grande Western 491 (2-8-2 Baldwin built in 1902) passes by the functional water tower as it makes laps on the museum grounds.

Southern 4501 leads train 100 out of East Chattanooga heading towards Grand Junction on the last weekend of steam season for the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in 2022

In what could be a scene from the 1930's, the Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW 491 (built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902) runs past the Rio Grande water tower on the museum grounds in Golden, ... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum lets their Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad #491 (2-8-2) stretch its legs running passengers around the museum grounds in Golden, Colorado.

CFTLP steam special aprroaching Saint-Junien

The cold Connecticut night cloaks many amazing creatures. The most coveted to me is the flanged-wheel steam machine. Its haunting cry, even miles away, pierces with chills my soul. Man's first mac... (more)