D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle by the powerplant at Tacoma on the Silverton Branch on October 16, 2023. Here the train will pause briefly once into the passing siding to clear the main for the daily S... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 #476 marches along the High Line at Granite Point on October 16, 2023 as she works hard to help a mixed train north to Silverton, Colorado. With new valve rings an... (more)

D&RGW #473 thunders north within the Animas River Canyon with her mixed train and sister K-28 #476 on the late afternoon of October 16, 2023. Behind her, the Colorado Rockies provide a majestic ba... (more)

"Thunder at Goblin Fire": D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard heading north to Silverton, CO pulling their mixed train on October 16, 2023. Amongst bright Aspen trees the sound here was specta... (more)

Curving along the Animas River the D&RGW's High Line is certainly not for the faint hearted. Here at a location called The Needles, D&RGW K-28 Mikados #473 and #476 continue north to Silverton, Co... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 bark along Cement Wall deep within the Animas River Canyon outside of Durango, Colorado on October 16, 2023. #473 and #476 saw extensive use on freight train service from Salid... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #473 and #476 thunder ahead at Goblin's Fire on the Silverton Branch on October 16, 2023. Built in 1923 by the American Locomotive Company, the K-28 locomotives, also k... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard near Elk Park, deep within the Animas River Canyon, bringing their mixed train into the siding on October 16, 2023. Here the D&S sponsored photo special will await th... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle through Whitehead Gulch on October 16, 2023 pulling the daily Silverton Mixed. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures in Colorado for the Fall season, peak fall foliag... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard outside of Rockwood, CO pulling the daily Silverton Mixed on October 16, 2023. This was taken as part of a Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad two day photo s... (more)

Rain pours outside of Barnesville, PA on December 3, 2022 as Reading & Northern #425 makes haste for the Hometown High Bridge hauling the R&N's Santa Claus Special out of Tamaqua.

Reading & Northern 4-6-2 #425 thunders up the grade to the Hometown High Bridge on December 3, 2022 as she approaches Barnesville, PA on the former Reading Railroad mainline hauling the R&N's annu... (more)

"Atlas at Speed": Reading & Northern #425 zips past River Road at Atlas on December 3, 2022 heading north for Tamaqua, Pennsylvania hauling the Reading & Northern Santa Claus Special. Zoom pan cau... (more)

"Evenings at Price Hill": On November 6, 2022 Western Maryland #1309 thunders up Helmstetter's Curve as seen from Price Hill in a brilliant mountain sunset.

Smoke and steam fills the air above Helmstetter's Curve as Western Maryland #1309 hustles up grade towards Frostburg, MD with a coal hopper train in tow on November 5, 2022.