Rounding High Fill, Georgetown Loop's largest steam locomotive thunders up the steep grades of the former Colorado & Southern line to Silver Plume. Originally built in 1926 for the International ... (more)
After a day of overseeing many fully loaded trains of tourists up and down "the Loop," the conductor heads for home at the end of the day.
K-37 #491 makes laps around the short 1/3 mile museum loop.
D&RGW 315 being turned near the snowshed at Cumbres Summit.
The westbound San Juan Express heads out of Chama for Durango....actually just the daily C&TS train heading west out of town to the end of modern day track to turn on the wye, but with a full yard... (more)
There are all sorts of interesting things to be found in the Silverton yard. While all the attention is on the ex-D&RGW steam fleet, a cohort of GE switchers helps behind the scenes with switching... (more)
After two days of hard work, in what was originally thought to take only two days. Rotary OY and 487 must continue on late into the evening, so they can finish the job to get the line open for the... (more)
The last Animas crossing. As she leaves the Animas Gorge and enters Silverton, our Mixed Train crosses the Animas one last time on the timber bridge at MP 495.25. This is always a great ph... (more)
On the High Line. Under a long-standing slow order, DRGW K-28 #473 takes her Silverton Mixed around the High Line Horseshoe Curve at MP 469.5.
The train pictured here is a reasonably au... (more)
Front view of 346.
491 with Passengers
SF&D: Another Railroad that Quit Operating Passenger Trains when Amtrak was FormedDisneyland Railroad 4-4-0 #1 was constructed as Santa Fe & Disneyland #1 in 1955 by WED, the Walt D... (more)
A Wrinkle In Time. Built in 1875, The "Eureka" a wood burning 4-4-0 from Nevada's long gone Eureka and Palisade Railroad meets her 50 year younger, but larger coal burning sister, a D... (more)
DRGW 489 eases downhill shortly after crossing into New Mexico with a 23 car freight train for Chama.
A new generation of railfan is born.