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Rio Grande - Scenic Line of the World
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad are all that remains of the legendary Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge system. Here you'll find some of my favorites from these two beautiful railways.
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Photo ID: 872444

Homeward bound. The late afternoon shadows are rapidly swallowing up the high desert landscape outside Antonito, Colorado, as the Cumbres & Toltec's vintage 10-wheeler #168 brings her consi... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-0
Location: Antonito, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRG 168
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 21, 2024


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Added: Nov 26, 2024

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Photo ID: 872443

Time travelers. Reliving a scene right out of the late 1880s, Denver & Rio Grande Locomotive #168 takes a vintage passenger train west through the Southern Colorado desert at Milepost 285.6... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-0
Location: San Antonio, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRG 168
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 21, 2024


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Added: Nov 26, 2024

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Photo ID: 872041

Pickin' up the herd. The fall stock rush is in full swing as a Rio Grande freight out of Durango, CO takes the siding at the Chama stock pens to pick up a local rancher's herd for a trip to... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Chama, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 489
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 25, 2024


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Added: Nov 21, 2024

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Photo ID: 872040

Here comes the Silverton. In weather conditions that could best be described as "atmospheric", a Denver & Rio Grande Western, Silverton mixed train slowly snakes its way north thr... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Cascade, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 477
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 18, 2024


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Added: Nov 21, 2024

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Photo ID: 871901

High bridge blow-down. The crew of Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 #477 opens the blow-down valve as their locomotive leads a mixed train across the high bridge in Tacoma, near Milepost 47... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Tacoma, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 477
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 18, 2024


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Added: Nov 19, 2024

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Photo ID: 871900

The "Sports Model" sisters. Posing together in their respective stalls in the Durango roundhouse are the three survivors from the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad's K-28 locom... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Durango, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 476
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 19, 2024


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Added: Nov 19, 2024

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Photo ID: 807332

The Rockwood Cut: It's a tight fit! Our 2021 Trains Magazine charter on the Durango & Silverton wrapped up with the photo train, pulled by K-37 #493, arriving back at Rockwood Station, wher... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 03, 2021


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Added: Jul 12, 2022

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Photo ID: 806224

Afternoon on the High Line.Late in the afternoon, on a sunny day in early September, D&RGW K-37 #493 takes her Silverton Mixed Train southbound around the High Line Horseshoe Curve (MP 469.... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 03, 2021


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Added: Jun 28, 2022

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Photo ID: 806223

Afternoon arrival on the High Line.D&RGW K-37 #493 rounds the rocky point at the north end of the famous High Line Horseshoe Curve at Milepost 469.5, in Rockwood Colorado, hauling a mixed t... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 03, 2021


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Added: Jun 28, 2022

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Photo ID: 806149

Take on some water at the Needleton Tank.The former D&RGW K-37 Locomotive #493 makes a big show of her southbound departure from the legacy Needleton Tank at Milepost 484.4. This is one of... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Needleton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 03, 2021


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Added: Jun 27, 2022

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Photo ID: 806148

Leaving Silverton behind. Pouring out a nice, dark plume, D&RGW K-37 #493 heads south across the Animas Timber Bridge just south of Silverton, CO at Milepost 495.25, beginning her 45 mile j... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Silverton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 03, 2021


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Added: Jun 27, 2022

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Photo ID: 805839

Dusk arrival in Silverton. The sun has disappeared below the horizon but the evening twilight remains, at least for a few minutes, as Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 Locomotive #493 pulls ... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Silverton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 02, 2021


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Added: Jun 23, 2022

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Photo ID: 805838

Up from the canyon.... A little over a mile and a half from the end of track in Silverton, CO, D&RGW K-37 #493 emerges from the Animas Canyon, crossing the river of the same name for the fi... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Silverton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 02, 2021


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Added: Jun 23, 2022

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Photo ID: 805686

Northbound Silverton Mixed at Whitehead Gulch. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493 hauls her Silverton Mixed Train north past Whitehead Gulch (MP 491.95), some 5 miles from her ultimate d... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Silverton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 02, 2021


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Added: Jun 21, 2022

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Photo ID: 805685

A little early fall color at Needleton. When you mention fall color on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, everyone pictures golden groves of aspens on the hillsides. In this s... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Needleton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 493
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: September 02, 2021


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Added: Jun 21, 2022

Views: 2,740
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