We lost a great person in the railroad community this week. On March 30, Trains Magazine Editor in Chief Jim Wrinn passed. Here we see him in better times, recreating the shot he'd always wanted... (more)

Eureka & Palisade 4-4-0 "Eureka" and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming 2-6-0 "Glenbrook," both built by Baldwin in 1875, are double-headed westbound with a short freight train ar... (more)

Steaming out of the Past Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 20 recreates a classic scene photographed by the late William Moedinger during TRAINS Magazine's "Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern&q... (more)

Rounding the bend
Denver & Rio Grande T-12 4-6-0 No. 168 and D&RG C-18 Consolidation No. 425 power a vintage passenger train westbound toward Osier, Colorado, on August 27, 2021. This t... (more)

Rio Grande 168 and 425 are taking water at Osier before departing for Chama. This was the "Across the Railroad" excursion, part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

Echoes of an earlier age. Denver & Rio Grande Consolidation #425 hauls an eastbound mixed consist out of the rock cut at MP 317.3, just east of Osier, CO on a pretty fall day in 2021, on a ... (more)

Tip-toeing over Cascade Creek. With the aspens popping all over the hills surrounding the Los Pinos Valley, D&RG Locomotive #425 slowly rumbles across the high bridge over Cascade Creek at ... (more)

Eureka and Glenbrook steam into Osier, Colorado, with the historic consist. The locomotives will be watered and fueled before heading back to Antonito.

Volunteer crews work the "wood line" at Osier, fueling up Glenbrook and Eureka for the trip back to Antonito. Scenes like this played out many times each day during the Victorian Iron H... (more)

Steamscape: The Los Pinos Valley. High above the Los Pinos Creek, just west of Osier, CO, D&RGW Locomotive #425 takes a mixed train east through a deep rock cut at about MP 317.3. This vie... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 takes a drink from the water tank at Osier before heading back to Antonito. The Rio Grande T-12 class engines were built as passenger power, and No. 168 has no probl... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 steams through the woods at Toltec Creek with a special train bound for Osier. This was one of several excursions operated during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

DRG 425/DRGW 315 crossing Cascade Trestle on it's final run before it's 1472 rebuild

Denver & Rio Grande T-12 No. 168 and C-18 No. 425 lead a vintage passenger train into Osier, Colorado, on August 27, 2021. This extra train, as well as another double-header led by Eureka & Palisa... (more)

Rocks Ahead!

Re-creating an iconic photo that graced the front cover to Trains Magazine in 1942, the newly restored Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. 20 poses as a brakeman sits on... (more)