Coming south out of Lizard Head. Weaving her way south on the Dolores River, Rio Grande Southern 10-wheeler #20 takes a freight south from Lizard Head Pass down to Rico.

This wintertime... (more)

Through the snowy San Juans. Rio Grande Southern 10-wheeler #20 takes a mixed train north through the snow-covered, San Juan mountains of Southwestern Colorado, headed for Rico, Ophir and e... (more)

RGS 20 hauls a photo freight up towards Rockwood on the D&S in a snowstorm.

Clearing the line up to Rico. In a steady, moderate snow, the Rio Grande Southern's most famous locomotive hauls a flanger outfit into the high country between Dolores and Rico, keeping the... (more)

RGS 20 navigates the narrow shelf track of the Durango & Silverton's famed Highline while pulling the Presidential Special to Cascade Canyon and back.

RGS 20 takes to the Durango & Silverton Highline during an early morning snow storm.

With the Animas River raging below, D&RGW K-36 #480 stomps across the High Bridge north of Durango, CO on October 25, 2025 as she pulls her mixed train south after leaving Silverton that morning.

Durango & Silverton 476 and 480 lead their passenger train up the grade at Granite Point on a sunny summer morning.

D&RGW K-36 #480 heads south at Teft Bridge at milepost 477.8 on October 25, 2025 leading a mixed train for Durango, CO.

Blast From the Past Rio Grande Southern 20 leads "RGS 455" (D&RGW 463 in disguise) upgrade at Gravity Hill during the Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern photo charter.

Durango & Silverton 493 hustles through the Animas River Valley on a cool August morning.

"The Profile of a Workhorse" - Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 #480 - October 25, 2025

The engineer of D&RGW K-36 #480 opens the blowdown valve on his side of the narrow gauge Mikado removing dissolved solids and impurities from the inferior most portion of the boiler on October 24,... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 #480 shuffles across the High Bridge at milepost 471.23 on the Silverton Branch of the former D&RGW, now Durango and Silverton, on October 25, 2025. This was taken... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western 487 leads its passenger train up the 4% grade at Windy Point on a beautiful August afternoon.