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 eventually Ridgway.
This re-enactment was staged during a February 2026 photo shoot on Colorado's Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, which featured a visit by Rio Grande Southern #20, perhaps that railroad's most famous locomotive. The 20 is owned and operated by the Colorado Railroad Museum and was brought here by truck to participate in a series of public and private events in the winter of 2026. In this image, the train is pictured passing the cliffs above Elbert Creek at a location the railroad now calls "Granite Point" at Milepost 468.6, in Rockwood, CO.
