Our D&S Railfest special with the 315 and green painted passenger cars was slowly working its way north to Silverton when we stopped about MP 492 for several runpasts. Between being down in a dee... (more)

Nose to nose in Silverton. On a beautiful summer evening in Silverton, Colorado, two different classes of Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotives sit nose to nose in the yard at aroun... (more)

How many engineers does it take...
Engineer Soni Honegger has climbed onto the pilot to change out a headlamp on D&RGW 315. This 2009 Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec special has backe... (more)

Durango Railroad Historical Society's #315 is at the head of a Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec charter. Photo charters like this can't make it from Antonito to the first regular water stop at Sub... (more)

Our D&RGW #315 special has reached Lava Tank, atop the first mesa SW of Antonito. Unfortunately, the tank has been out of service for many years, so our thirsty non-superheated locomotive will ne... (more)

Lost in the landscape. Under a threatening sky, our RGS Freight is almost lost in the landscape of the New Mexico desert, as she runs around Lava Loop toward Antonito, CO, some 10 miles to ... (more)

Big Horn Wye. Here's an angle you don't often see of an RGS re-creation freight, turning on the wye at Big Horn, New Mexico. Built in 1880, the wye here was often used as a turning locati... (more)

Steamscape: Big Horn Peak. DRGW 315 rounds the curve just below Big Horn Peak on a cloudy, fall afternoon, trailing her RGS Freight re-creation, which is bound for Antonito, CO. With a su... (more)

Running Los Pinos Creek. Here's a wide-angle view of our Rio Grande Southern freight re-creation, as it runs behind DRGW 315 along the Los Pinos Creek on the east side of the valley.

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In the valley of the Los Pinos. The second day of our 2018 Rio Grande Southern re-creation featured a locomotive that didn't require any re-lettering, because DRGW Consolidation #315 was ac... (more)

Top Ten of 2018. Here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from 2018.
8. This year, I chose to attend the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec's June 2018 photo charter fea... (more)

East of Osier, CO, D&RGW 2-8-0 #315 leads a freight train through the San Juan Mountains near MP 317 on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. A Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Fall Photo ... (more)

D&RGW 2-8-0 #315 rounds the curve at Lava, NM (MP 291) on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. A Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Fall Photo Charter.

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 C-18 2-8-0 No. 315 heads for the ashpit at Cumbres & Toltec’s yard at Chama, New Mexico, on June 5, 2018. C&TS K-36 2-8-2 No. 484 waits its turn in the background.