“Proud as a Peacock, and struttin’ Her Stuff” Locomotive No. 493 of the Durango and Silverton Railroad makes her return to active service after fifty-two years this weeke... (more)
The Harbinger Has Arrived The Future is now as the first of Durango and Silverton’s Oil Fired Steam Locomotives, 493 is shown at the Durango Roundhouse, next to it K-28 473 i... (more)
Valle de Oro Translation: Golden Valley, Valley of Gold. This sunset shot of Amtrak 3 heading for points west is a grab shot, I was actually at Valle de Oro Wildlife Refuge to... (more)
Wagons East!!! For years, I've joked with fellow coworker and RailPictures contribuitor Elijah Cross about getting a very long telephoto lens and shooting the intermediate pai... (more)
The Canyon to The Canyon It might surprise some to find that to get to The Grand Canyon, the journey is anything but flat. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway found this... (more)
We'll Meet Again, Don't know when, But I know we'll meet again some sunny day... The final run-by of Grand Canyon Railway 29 hours before her 1472 Day "Tube Time" exp... (more)
High Steppe Flyer.
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Sunset Noir Grand Canyon Railway 29 in the possible twilight of her career. Her 1472 day inspection would expire right after this, and it is unknown if GCR's corporate parent,... (more)
Fastest Freight Hog In the West Making track speed going into the "flats" of the Grand Canyon Railway, the 29 has left behind the long sustained grades of the Apex / ... (more)
Play It Again Sam Engineer and Former-CMO takes charge of Grand Canyon Railway #29 as she steams towards Williams over this small bridge north of Williams. As we prepa... (more)
I can see for Miles and Miles and Miles... The expanse of the Northland of Arizona is quite apparent here between the stations of Valle and Willaha on the Grand Canyon Railway.... (more)
One More Time, We’re Gonna Celebrate With her back against the wall before her tube time expires this week, Trains Magazine chartered the Grand Canyon Railway and made the st... (more)
A Big Boy in The Land of The Gila Monster. For the first time since the close of the steam era, an articulated steam locomotive took to the rails in Southeastern Arizona. more)
Approach, Clear, Galaxy. Railfan and Railroad's 2020 Center Spread 3rd Place Winner Ancient Semaphores guard the the galactic core of the Milky Way as i... (more)
