Pickin' up the herd. The fall stock rush is in full swing as a Rio Grande freight out of Durango, CO takes the siding at the Chama stock pens to pick up a local rancher's herd for a trip to... (more)

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

From my travel album: at Lava water tank in early morning

DSNG #478 is arriving at the Silverton station with a mixed train.

DSNG #478 is hauling a mixed train between Durango and Silverton.

#489 is crossing the Lobato trestle with a mixed train to Chama.

Durango & Silverton 480 leads its mixed train downgrade at Needleton on a cool May morning.

Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 rolls through The Cut on a sunny spring afternoon.

Rio Grande Southern 20 takes on water at the No Agua Water Tank on a sunny May morning.

Rio Grande Southern 20 charges through The Cut with its passenger train on a sunny May morning.

Durango & Silverton 480 and its mixed train hug the mountainside at Cement Wall.

Every once in a while, one only needs to squint to see the past in Durango. And in October of 2023 looking into the canyon took us to the 1950's where we found 476 leading a mixed train led by 47... (more)

Crossing Cascade Trestle outside of Osier, CO D&RGW #463 continues its journey west with a train of empty stock cars on October 19, 2023.

"End of Standard Gauge" - a phrase that marks this section of the former D&RGW narrow gauge mainline near Antonito, CO. From here towards Chama and beyond it is all 3 foot track as K-27 ... (more)

Shooting in Colorado's Animas River Canyon can sometimes be an exercise in futility. The lighting is all sorts of 'wonky' when you're in the earlier parts of the morning and the far canyon wall i... (more)