Granite Point

Fresh from a rebuild in Durango's roundhouse, Rio Grande Southern 41 takes a spin up to Rockwood.

Granite Point

As part of the Durango and Silverton's 100th Anniversary of The K-28 Class, 473 and 476 were backdated to their 1950's appearance, and for the first time since t... (more)

Now it's 400 Feet Straight Down*

Easing around the famed Horseshoe Curve on the Denver and Rio Grande Western's Silverton Branch we catch K37 493 rounding out the bend from Roc... (more)

They Restored It, and It's Entering The Main Line

Having her restoration completed, the Santa Fe 2926 enters the main line of the New Mexico Rail Runner / New Mexico Department of ... (more)

That Iconic Face

Hated by a few, but loved by many, the iconic 1970's dress of the Denver and Rio Grande Western's K-28 fleet of the Silverton Branch is on display here in 2023... (more)

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear

It's 1973, and the Denver and Rio Grande Western is running over the the high line on the Silverton Branch. The K-28 476 is leadin... (more)

The Last (Last, Last) Full Moon on The Rise (?)

In what’s sounding like a broken record, the easternmost blade on NMRX’s Railroad greets the second full moon of 2023, the ‘... (more)

Up Near Ames

Okay, so we're not near Ames on the Ophir Loop, but, here's a shot of Rio Grande Southern # 20 on the Cumbres and Toltec pulling a period correct train with a matc... (more)

I Can See For Miles

Looking across the fingers of mesa top from Sublette New Mexico, we're looking towards Big Horn, a station on the former D&RGW San Juan Extension as Cumbres... (more)

Peak-A-Boo

With sunset nearing, Cumbres and Toltec 484 eases out of Rock Tunnel, a narrow puncture above the cleft of Toltec Gorge.

That 70's Show: Redux

Meanwhile, we've trucked on down the other side of 'The Great Divide' while still remaining in the time-warp to 1972, we find the newly created 'Cumbres a... (more)

That 70's Show: Redux

Meanwhile, we've trucked on down the other side of 'The Great Divide' while still remaining in the time-warp to 1972, we find the newly created 'Cumbres a... (more)

That 70's Show

A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train heads south over 'Twin Bridges', a 1960's era realignment on the Silverton Branch when... (more)

Pickup for Silverton...

A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train is guided to an easy stop by Brakeman Nick Battelo giving the hand signs to t... (more)

Up From Durango…

A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train makes its way through Needleton on its way to Silverton on a beautiful October day