The SD-9 828 was the first C&S unit to get the Q system red scheme, having been rebuilt at La Grange the previous month and repainted in the new colors. In October 1962 828 was assigned on the ... (more)

C&S SD-9 832 with only a short local in front of the Longmont depot, the crew was resting before returning to Broomfield on February 21, 1968. Photo by Ken Crist, from my collection.

C&S train number 7, the Gulf Coast Special, is crossing the Arkansas River south of Pueblo Colorado in 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

As passenger trains were cancelled everywhere a few classy looking units could still be captured. By the time I got to Wichita Falls later that year they were gone. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, fr... (more)

DENVER CO Oct 20 1977 — Colorado and Southern-Santa Fe SW1200 157 slowly heads for a cut of cars while performing switching duties. At the time the unit was jointly operated by C&S and Santa Fe.... (more)

Colorado & Southern 3-foot narrow gauge boxcar No. 8311 displays its weathered billboard lettering at Como, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 24, 2021.

Colorado & Southern Rotary Plow #99201 sits on a track at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Crossing the Arkansas River, and crossing from Little Rock to North Little Rock in the process, is an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train led by BN-subsidiary Colorado & Southern SD40-2 7806 ... (more)

Still largely displaying its original 1957 "Way of the Zephyrs" livery, a Colorado & Southern forty-foot box car pauses in the yard in Trinidad, Colorado.

A pair of E-5's, led by C&S 9955, is in charge of the northbound Dallas to Denver train 28 in April 1967. Number 28 is carrying a mixed bag of equipment from various roads. C&S E-5 9955 the "S... (more)

Still displaying its “Texas Zephyr” lettering, Colorado & Southern EMD E5 No. 9952-A powers a passenger special at the Illinois Railroad Museum at Union, Illinois, in September 1984. In more r... (more)

Colorado & Southern? Nope; it is ex DRGW 1523 built in 1976. I can find very little about why with was caboose was painted in a odd purple C&S scheme. I did find it was in Clovis, New Me... (more)

A lucky little boy gets to ride in the fireman’s seat of Colorado & Southern EMD E5 No. 9952-A as it powers a passenger train at the Illinois Railroad Museum in September 1984. C&S was a subsidi... (more)

Colorado & Southern 839 (MTM's BN 6234) crossing the Cedar Bend Drawbridge over the St. Croix River. Photo made possible by a S&B Productions photo charter and MTM's Osceola & St. Croix Valley Ra... (more)

Three SD45s await their next assignment at the engine facility in Auburn.