The summer of 2018 was a difficult one for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. First a fire in June near Durango shuttered the railroad, and then a mudslide in July stranded two trains... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 Mikado No. 489 is cruising westbound out of Antonito, Colorado with the daily passenger train as it approaches Hangman’s Trestle on the morning of August 27... (more)

60th Anniversary Weekend trip.

Returning to the Depot. The SOU 4501 runs through the woods near the TVRM as it returns from Missionary Ridge and approaches the depot at Barber Junction.

Blowing Off Steam. In preparation for pulling one of the day's trains to Missionary Ridge, this Southern Mikado blows a little steam at the depot as it prepares to run the wye and head wes... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic train 216 is working its way up Cumbres Pass on a rainy, cloudy morning. K-36 No. 484, built in 1925, will come back to Chama later in the day with train 215 from Antonito... (more)

Former D&RGW 484 has seven cars in tow as it works its way up the 4 percent grade to the top of Cumbres Pass. With much of Colorado and New Mexico in drought condition, Lobato Lake is dry this ye... (more)

Whoooosh! Iconic Southern Mikado #4501 puts on quite a show as it departs from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum with a mid-morning excursion train.

Looks Like Profit. East Broad Top Railroad #17 (“Mikado” 2-8-2, Baldwin, 3/1918) was on display near the Orbisonia Station in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania throughout the weekend as part of t... (more)

The fall colors have reached their peak in the Animas River Canyon as 493 steams past a stunning stand of Aspen on its way to Silverton.

The NKP 587 doubleheading with the NW 1218, entering Asheville after a thunderstorm. No. 587 was built by Baldwin in 1918 as the Lake Erie & Western No. 5541 and was renumbered after the NKP acqu... (more)

On the "Sauschwänzlebahn" BB 262 is crossing the viaduct Epfenhofen with a length of 264m / 288yds; the maximal height is 34m / 37yds.

A coupler on the tender of Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Mikado No. 489 is locked to the drawbar of coach No. 513, the “Conejos”, the lead car of the railroad’s eastbound passenger train ... (more)

TVRM celebrates its 60th Anniversary! Ex-US Army 2-8-0 #610 joins Southern #4501 and #630 in a special night photo session near the East Chattanooga turntable. Number 610 was brought out from st... (more)