Denver & Rio Grande Western #489, a 1925 Baldwin 2-8-2 steams downgrade through Tanglefoot Curve with a long train bound for Alamosa. This was a two day Friends of the C&TS charter that saw a larg... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #473, a K-28 Mikado built in 1923 makes a stunning sight as she steams across the Animas River with a mixed train. Autumn has just started to turn into winter in Silver... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #473, a K-28 Mikado built in 1923 storms through the Shalona Lake area on it's way to Durango, CO on a Dave Gross photo charter.

A mixed train led by D&RGW #473 makes a smoky sight as it storms alongside the Animas River on the way to Silverton.

Denver & Rio Grande Western #315 a 1895 built 2-8-0 storms past Jukes Tree on it's way to Antonito, CO. This train was running as a deadhead movement for a private photo charter that was to run th... (more)

Drifting through the S-Curve. With the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's 2016 Narrow Gauge Rendezvous Event drawing down, all of the equipment is headed down the 4% grade toward Chama. W... (more)

At 7:53 a.m. the 489 pulls away from the water plug at Cumbres to begin putting together three cuts of cars into a 30 car train for its trek down the east side of Cumbres. This was part of a two ... (more)

D&SNG K36 No.482 takes on coal for tomorrows trip up Cumbres Pass and over to Antonito during a night photo session at the D&SNG Yard.

With the first snow of Autumn on the mountains, D&SNG Baldwin K-36 No. 486 exits the gorge into the Animas Valley and Silverton.

Double-header westbound at Tanglefoot. A classic, early 1900s double-header graces the complex curves of the Cumbres Loop, known more popularly as "Tanglefoot Curve." This train is westbo... (more)

Pinning on the power. A D&RGW K-27 Locomotive couples up to a freight consist in the yard at Cumbres Pass, in preparation for the trip down the 4% grade to Chama, NM and beyond. On the si... (more)

Snaking her way past MP 308.7, DRGW Locomotive 315 hugs the contours of the hills above the Rio de Los Pinos as she hauls her freight consist west toward Toltec Gorge.

The Toltec Gorge a... (more)

Charging east at Cascade. Well, charging in quotes anyway. Trains typically take this trestle at relatively low speed, given the obvious consequences of a mishap. The iron bridge over C... (more)

Setting off for Alamosa. With a train of boxcars and gondolas that was assembled in the yard at the 10,000 ft high Cumbres Pass Yard, Work Extra 315 departs eastbound for Alamosa, seen here... (more)

Servicing in the Cumbres Yard. After a pretty arduous climb up the 4% grade out of Chama on wet rails, we see the Durango Railroad Historical Society (DRHS) crew servicing their locomotive ... (more)