Rio Grande Southern 41 basking in the afternoon sun

Rio Grande Southern 41 eases into the Calico Depot at the famed Knott's Ghost Town.

Rio Grande Southern 20 takes on water at the No Agua Water Tank on a sunny May morning.

Rio Grande Southern 20 charges through The Cut with its passenger train on a sunny May morning.

Rio Grande Southern #20 pulls passengers past the water tower at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) runs passengers around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Rio Grande Southern engine #20 (4-6-0) runs the track at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Rio Grande Southern engine #20 (4-6-0) runs passengers around the large grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum located in Golden, Colorado.

Rio Grande Southern #7 Galloping Goose gives riders a thrill of running in a unique piece of vintage railroad equipment.

Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) runs laps around the grounds at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado ran their Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) and their RGS Galloping Goose #7 over the weekend, giving rides to families and individual railfans.

Southern nights. A night hostler spreads a film of fresh oil on the cross-head guides of the Rio Grande Southern's veteran T-19, 10-Wheeler #20 as he makes his rounds in the company's yard ... (more)

Betwixt the slumbering beasts. A Rio Grande Southern night hostler makes his rounds in the yard at Ridgway, CO, tending to a pair of simmering locomotives that are scheduled for an early mo... (more)

Rio Grande Southern 20 pulls out of the roundhouse early in the morning before a long day of work.

Monument to an Idea. While running laps on the museum's loop track, Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 no. 20 passes behind the Dome Car Monument at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The monument wa... (more)