Durango & Silverton 480 crosses the High Bridge with its mixed train on a sunny May afternoon.

Rio Grande Southern 20 charges through The Cut with its passenger train on a sunny May morning.

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado ran their Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) and their RGS Galloping Goose #7 over the weekend, giving rides to families and individual railfans.

476 and 473 leads the train to silverton.

Durango & Silverton 480 accelerates its passenger train up the grade into Rockwood on a sunny May afternoon.

Durango & Silverton 476 charges up the steep grade at Cataract Gulch as it nears Silverton with its passenger train.

Durango & Silverton 480 rounds the horseshoe curve on The Highline with its mixed train on a sunny May afternoon.

Durango & Silverton 480 emerges from one of the many rock cuts at Rockwood with its passenger train as it returns to Durango.

Of all the natural beauty found in Colorado, Shalona Lake is not one of those... Natural that is. On their southbound run back to Durango, train 464 swoops above the privately owned and man-made l... (more)

The Reverse Cement Wall

After nearly a decade of shooting Cement Wall from its northern end, the last time I shot it was the Eureka and Palisade #4 in 2012. I finally got some... (more)

Durango & Silverton 473 and 480 thunder past Shalona Lake on a doubleheaded passenger excursion to Silverton.

Rio Grande at the Roundhouse. Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 locomotive no. 20 is simmers outside the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum after a long day running museum trains.

Steam Switching. Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 locomotive no. 20 is seen at the Colorado Railroad Museum as the crew works to assemble a train for the next day's operation.

Getting Topsy-Turvied. Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 locomotive no. 20 is seen on the turntable at the Colorado Railroad Museum as the crew "topsy-turvy themselves" - in their wor... (more)

This 0-4-0 Tank Locomotive was built in 1921 by the American Locomotive Company for the Standard Oil Company and worked at the Casper, Wyoming refinery. It was later transferred to the American O... (more)