Durango & Silverton 480 leads its mixed train downgrade at Needleton on a cool May morning.
Durango & Silverton 493 rests on the Durango Turntable late at night before a long day of service the next day.
Durango & Silverton 480 and 473 rest in the Durango Roundhouse late at night as Frank Burton oils 480 to prepare it for its next day of service.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 rolls through The Cut on a sunny spring afternoon.
Photographer unknown. From my collection.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491's fire burns brightly as it runs around the Colorado Railroad Museum trackage late on a May night.
Crew member Sam Kunugi poses between Rio Grande Southern 20 and Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 as the locomotives simmer in the roundhouse late at night.
Steam begins to envelop Denver & Rio Grande Western 491's running gear as the locomotive departs the No Agua Tank.
D&RGW SD40T-2 5375, engine terminal at Helper, Utah. April 20, 1997. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
In charge of D&RGW train number one, The Royal Gorge, is 4-8-4 1700 and an EMD FT set. It appears that the natural ventilation form of air conditioning is being utilized on this July day in 1949, ... (more)
An EMD FT A-B-A set leads a freight at Denver Colorado in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
An EMD FT set in 1948. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
A mix of standard gauge engines and narrow gauge rolling stock sit at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western, D&RGW 5341 SD40T-2, leads a dirt train on the Sunny Side branch at Sunny Side, Utah. April 20. 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 works its freight train up the grade through The Cut on a sunny May morning.