D&RGW 5371, 5377, and 5390 lead the Dirt Train back off the Sunnyside Branch.

Every once in a while, one only needs to squint to see the past in Durango. And in October of 2023 looking into the canyon took us to the 1950's where we found 476 leading a mixed train led by 47... (more)

D&RGW train 6, the Exposition Flyer, is seen west of Leyden Junction Colorado in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A westbound manifest climbs the grade to tunnel 17 near Dorris, California on Southern Pacific's Black Butte Subdivision.

The Polar Express is one of the Colorado Railroad Museum's most popular events, allowing guests to live out the scenes depicted in the book and movie. In this long exposure, D&RGW 491 hauls a pack... (more)

The Cumbres & Toltec's Holiday Express train is back after a 3 year hiatus due to COVID and equipment work. Here K-36 488 pulls a full train of families through fresh snow out onto Lobato Trestle ... (more)

Pulling in to Lava Tank at sunrise on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Narrow gauge straightaway through a tunnel of aspen at the peak of their fall color

A new view on Rock Tunnel, showing it in the context of the rugged and massive Toltec Gorge. In the far upper left you can make out the line miles back toward Antonito, and even further the distan... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 Nos. 3126 and 3121 switch the aggregates plant at the end of Rocky Spur leaving the main line at Rocky, Colorado, on February 21, 2002. During this era, two or three Rio Gran... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP60 No. 3154 leads Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train through Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on June 24, 2000. These summer runs of the ski train often operated to special eve... (more)

Snow overnight fell on DRGW 3011 (GP30) and Rio Grande caboose in the yard of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

D&RGW train 18, The California Zephyr, is seen at Dotsero Colorado in 1952. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Powered by a pair of Rio Grande EMD GP60s, a summer run of Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train works upgrade through Clay, Colorado, on the morning of July 15, 2000.

A rumbling SD45 and two GP40s approach the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel with a mixed load.