In full afterburner! Looking a bit like she's got a JATO bottle stuffed in the back of her trailing truck, the Spokane, Portland & Seattle's big Northern #700 flies past the Oregon Rail Her... (more)

Classic Carpenters. From the west wall of the oldest cemetery in Lancaster County at Carpenters Crossing, we see a pair of groundskeepers watching the passage of a steam-powered mixed train... (more)

Steamscape: Orgasm Curve. A pair of Chama-based K-36s take a cut of freight cars through the stretch of track that has come to be known as "Orgasm Curve". There are a number of tales in ci... (more)

Scenic line indeed. A legacy D&RGW logo on south face of the Mineral Creek Bridge states the obvious as we watch Train 464 in the process of being wyed for the return trip to Durango. Thi... (more)

The OTHER "Queen of Steam." East coasters frequently refer to the Norfolk & Western J-Class #611 as the "Queen of Steam", and she certainly has had more publicity than a... (more)

Twilight at Lava Tank. Shortly after sunset, a D&RGW Flanger Outfit pauses for water at Lava Tank, before returning to Antonito for the night. There's a reason why this location is known ... (more)

North Pole Express: Making a Living with Steam. The Valley Railroad's New Haven Mikado #3025 glows just a bit in the waning sunlight, as she takes the first of the evening's sold-out, North... (more)

Evening Mixed Service. A Southern Railway mixed train sits at the Nelson Crossing Depot awaiting the loading of some local freight traffic. A couple of late arriving passengers query the ... (more)

Steamscape - The High Bridge. DRGW Consolidation #315 hauls a mixed freight and passenger consist across the Animas River at Tacoma, Colorado. Originally built as a wooden trestle in 1880... (more)

The climb begins. The old D&RGW Silverton Branch runs on relatively level ground from Durango to Hermosa Colorado. After the Route 550 Crossing however, things change pretty dramatically.... (more)

Entering White Pass. Having just switched his passenger extra onto White Pass Siding, Brakeman Dave Dobbs lines the switch and signals for the Rotary Fleet to come out of the cut and into W... (more)

1/15 SEC PAN SHOT of White Mountain Central's 32-ton Heisler #4 as she runs light in the yard. Old Number 4 is seldom seen these days as she is too light for the WMCRR's regular trains. H... (more)

In between the hourly trains, the WW&F Museum's little 2-Foot Hand Car has become a major source of enjoyment for some of the younger patrons. The diminutive size of the narrow gauge equipment m... (more)

Antonito Sunset. After completing a day-long round trip to Osier with fans and photographers on board, Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" and her running mate, Eureka & Pali... (more)

Steamscape: The Overman Pit. A V&T Freight, en route to Virginia City, Crosses the high fill on the edge of the Overman Pit, just after dawn on a cold winter morning.

Although the scene ... (more)