Crossing the Grande...

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)

First Runby of the Day

Hot off her "Maiden (revenue) Voyage" since being repainted. 6793 basks in the failing sunlight...

Through the Looking Glass... Or at least a reversed digital image as though you put the slide in the projector backwards.

As the afternoon shadows grow longer, Grand Canyon Railway 29 charges out of Coconino Canyon and makes a break for the high steepe of Northern Arizona. Remnants of a three day blizzard that droppe... (more)

On her "Maiden (revenue) Voyage" since being repainted. GCRy 6793 is seen coming off the Imbleau Grade (Apex) and into the ghost town of Anita.

Good Morning it's 0500 hrs in Chama New Mexico...and the greatest steam charter of the year is just about ready to get under way!

The lights from behind the 4960 illuminate the steam escaping from around the locomotive... Today, the 4960 will pull its first revenue train for the season...by helping pull Thomas the Tank Engin... (more)

The "Chief" races through Quivero Arizona as a fire near the South Rim of the Canyon burns off in the distance...it a few seconds the train will slow down and stop, to be "robbed", just like it is... (more)

While summer suddenly disappeared this week in the American Southwest (note, not a good idea to camp with my current sleeping bags), 488 and its train lazily make their way down Cumbres Pass.

Taking a day off of work...to take photos of work

Durango & Silverton 478, renumbered for the photo special as the fictional D&SNG 472, as the original D&RGW 472 was scrapped in 1945 after use in Alaska. S... (more)

Roaring up the Hermosa Valley, Train 462 heads north to Silverton Colorado SouthWestRails.com