In addition to an amazing collection of steam engines, many of which run during the summer weekends, the Colorado Railroad Museum has a variety of rolling stock. Here we see Denver & Rio Grande W... (more)

2 more reasons to visit Colorado.....the deep blue Colorado skies and the Colorado Railroad Museum. One of the standouts of the collection is Denver Rio Grande Western's 5771 (F9-A).

D&RGW 2-8-2 #453 leads a train around Tanglefoot Curve, as it heads toward the summit at Cumbres. #453 was renumbered from its usual #463 for this Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec charter.

D&RGW 2-8-2 #453 leads a freight train westbound near Hangman's Trestle MP 285.8 on the C&T on its climb out of the San Luis Valley. #453 was renumbered from its usual #463 for this Friends of th... (more)

After chasing the eastbound C&TS train until it entered isolation at Los Pinos. A long drive on a dirt road got me to Osier, Colorado, where the eastbound and westbound trains routinely meet. Soon... (more)

Union Pacific’s West local out of Denver climbs Rocky Spur at Rocky, Colorado, on January 18, 2001. Powering the local is a trio of Rio Grande GP40-2s—Nos. 3121, 3100 and 3111. Below is EMD SD... (more)

An eastbound Rio Grande freight curves along the Arkansas River west of Cotopaxi, Colorado, in April 1984. Two EMD SD40T-2s power the train that crossed Tennessee Pass earlier that morning.

Rio Grande 483 (488 re-lettered) is awaiting departure at Chama, as three crewmen discuss the switching to be done to place helper 484 in the train for the trip up Cumbres Pass.

Rio Grande 483 waits for a highball on a moonlit night at Chama, New Mexico, in the summer of 1968. (In reality, this is sister 488, which has been lettered for a special TRAINS Magazine photo ch... (more)

Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City freight MDVRO works upgrade through golden autumn color at Tolland, Colorado, on September 29, 1998. All three former Rio Grande GP60s are in the lead, a... (more)

After the crew of Denver & Rio Grande Western C-18 No. 315 has loaded bags of sand in the sand dome, a little housekeeping is in order as the running boards are swept clean of errant granules. The... (more)

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5345 leads a westbound Union Pacific manifest freight through Crescent, Colorado, on April 14, 2001.

No need for water here today, K36 489 leads a train of passengers down towards Chama.

The off beat bark from a pair of Baldwin K-36s fill the crisp fall air as they team up to work westbound tonnage up Cumbres Pass. K-36 489 with its swing helper 484 have been dressed up in Rio Gra... (more)