Following the contours of the hills, a Rio Grande Southern freight extra claws its way up a lava-capped mesa on its run from Durango to Ridgway, Colorado. The helper engine leading the ch... (more)

Westbound oil cans. Denver & Rio Grande K-27 #463 hauls a string of oil cans and other mixed freight bound for Chama via Cumbres Pass. The train is climbing a steady grade on the northern ... (more)

Steamscape: Lava Loop. The late afternoon sun is beginning to cast long shadows as Stock Extra 315 rounds the Lava Loop, passing the old D&RGW Water Tank. Located just about 10 miles sout... (more)

Westbound Stockers. Roughly 8 miles out of Antonito, westbound stock train 315 has begun the slow, steady ascent to Cumbres Pass. The climb to the pass from the east is very unlike the run... (more)