D&RGW 4-6-0 168. Built in 1883 and seen on a Pete Lerro Charter.

Narrow gauge straightaway through a tunnel of aspen at the peak of their fall color

A new view on Rock Tunnel, showing it in the context of the rugged and massive Toltec Gorge. In the far upper left you can make out the line miles back toward Antonito, and even further the distan... (more)

Water stop: Los Pinos Tank. After stopping to fill their respective tender cisterns, D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 pull away from the Los Pinos Tank (MP 325.5) and begin climbing the last 5... (more)

Climbing through the Valley of the Los Pinos. D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 haul their San Juan Passenger Extra across the wooden trestle at Los Pinos Creek (MP 324.52) as they make the lon... (more)

Leaving Big Horn westbound. After taking on water from a pre-positioned tank car on the siding at Big Horn Peak, our D&RG doubleheader featuring Locomotives 168 and 425 resume their trek we... (more)

D&RG Doubleheader. Just outside the yard in Antonito, Colorado at MP 281, we see D&RG Locomotives #168 and 425 doubleheading westbound with an all-D&RG wooden passenger consist on the 4th d... (more)

Putting some smoke on their stacks as they begin the climb out of the sag at Ferguson's Trestle, DRGW 168 and 425 (in reality, 315) pull their train of vintage cars into the morning light as they ... (more)

Rounding the curve at Big Horn. Charging eastward under a threatening sky, D&RG Locomotive #168 rounds the big curve below Big Horn Peak, near Milepost 299.6, with her passenger extra in to... (more)

Top of the Whiplash. D&RG T-12 Locomotive #168 is pulling hard as she works westbound at the top of the serpentine grade known as "The Whiplash", near Milepost 296.8, not far from... (more)

Headed west.... The morning sun has ducked into a mid-level cloud deck as D&RG T-12 Locomotive #168 takes her San Juan Express consist west over Ferguson's Trestle a Milepost 285.87, headin... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 takes a drink from the water tank at Osier before heading back to Antonito. The Rio Grande T-12 class engines were built as passenger power, and No. 168 has no probl... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 steams through the woods at Toltec Creek with a special train bound for Osier. This was one of several excursions operated during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 and 2-8-0 425 are out of Antonito and heading toward Osier during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup. In tow are several authentic wood cars from the 1870s-1890s, incl... (more)

Two late 19-century steam locomotives, Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 168 and 2-8-0 425, are pulling a special excursion across the Colorado desert near Antonito during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup... (more)