With the Sangre de Cristo Mountains providing the backdrop, well traveled SLRG #18 runs around the wye in La Veta before returning to Alamosa, CO. If beauty alone could keep a railroad open, the R... (more)

Leftovers from the Iowa Pacific bankruptcy are supposedly being offered at scrap prices. As of 9/2024 this equipment was still sitting in Alamosa Co. Now re-lettered as SDCX 9163, CALA 9163 is ex... (more)

SLRG 8548 calls Vista Sand home at Cresson Texas.

6-Axle Farewell. Recently, SLRG E9AMs 2400 (ex-NYSW 2400, exx-BN 9921, née-CBQ 9991, E9A) and 2402 (ex-NYSW 2402, exx-BN 9915, née-CBQ 9985A, E9A) were departed their long time home at th... (more)

San Luis & Rio Grande 457 leading a Piedmont & Northern Domeliner Express excursion in Mount Holly

With the Sangre De Christo Mountains serving as a backdrop, the AAPRCO San Juan Limited ascends the west slope of Veta Pass.

There was a lot of interesting equipment in the San Luis & Rio Grande's yard in Alamosa when I visited. On the left is a former Southern Pacific caboose, Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau (... (more)

One of the more interesting passenger trains in the United States recently was the Hoosier State, operated four times per week between Indianapolis, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois, with thi... (more)

Still on the property

The 2016 edition of the Middleton Polar Express, operated by Iowa Pacific Holdings on the Wisconsin & Southern, featured ex-IC 101 along with four leased VIA domes. Built as CB&Q 9977, it is now o... (more)

The 2016 edition of the Middleton Polar Express, operated by Iowa Pacific Holdings on the Wisconsin & Southern, featured ex-WSOR #10A back on home rails, along with four leased VIA domes. #103, bu... (more)

Every bit as great to ride as the narrow gauge but largely unknown, this line is a gem. On it’s first trip since rebuilding and last trip to date this great little engine poses while we take in... (more)

A San Luis & Rio Grande photo freight, powered by 2-6-0 No. 1744, aims at La Veta Pass east of after departing Alamosa, Colorado, at first light. This is a special photo freight operated by the ra... (more)

The sun has just cracked the horizon on the morning of September 20, 2007, as San Luis & Rio Grande’s former Southern Pacific 2-6-0 No. 1744 works toward La Veta Pass east of Alamosa, Colorado. ... (more)

Portrait of the SLRG #8577 (ex LMX #8577) at La Veta station.