C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

Rear brake. Brakeman Mike Nichols mans the hand brakes while protecting the rear of his chartered D&RGW freight as the train backs to pick up passengers after a photo run-by at the Animas H... (more)

The "Sports Model". Showing off her distinctive Alco, nose-mounted air pumps, and sporting a vee plow that looks just a little big for her, Denver & Rio Grande Western Locomotive... (more)

Through the Rockies, not around them. So proclaimed the motto of the Denver & Rio Grande, later known as the Denver & Rio Grande Western. In order to accomplish that goal, the D&RGW laid ... (more)

The Silverton. The throaty bark of a D&RGW K-28 Locomotive echos off the nearby hills as she struggles up the 2.5% grade between Hermosa and Rockwood, CO with an early morning Silverton Tra... (more)

K-36 #487 simmers at Cumbres Depot after a Lerro photo charter

The Durango roundhouse is busy as the shop puts three narrow gauge 2-8-2s to bed after a long day running through the Animas Canyon. This was a scene from a night photo session held by Lerro Produ... (more)

Water for a thirsty horse. A Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 brings her freight to a halt at Cresco Tank, approximately 4 miles and 900 vertical feet below Cumbres Pass. In days of old, t... (more)

A photo special drifts downgrade at Twin Bridges on the Durango and Silverton.

A photo special drifts downgrade at Needleton on the Durango and Silverton.

Steamscape: Coxo. The morning sun is still behind the ridges to the east as D&RGW K-36 #488 claws her way past the little yellow telephone box at Coxo, with a short Cumbres Turn. The tempe... (more)