Livin' On The Edge

The cool, crisp air of the Animas Canyon is ruled by the sounds of the raging Rio de Las Animas. It rules the night air here, drowning out much of anything ... (more)

There Goes The Last DJ...

The last hurrah for coal burning on the Durango and Silverton as K-36, #481 takes charge of the 2024 Winter Photographer's Train for what will be the ... (more)

The Toltec Rattler Redux at Windy Point - worth the whole trip in one photo. To mark the 50th anniversary of their first photo charter, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic RR ran 2 photo freights on Oct... (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)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad K-28 Mikado No. 473 pulls an extra passenger train operated during the railroad’s Railfest celebration past the cliffs on the High Line north (railroad ... (more)

In addition to an amazing collection of steam engines, many of which run during the summer weekends, the Colorado Railroad Museum has a variety of rolling stock. Here we see Denver & Rio Grande W... (more)

Cumbres and Toltec 315 at Dusk

Rio Grande 2-8-0 C-18 No. 315 arrives at Chama, New Mexico, with a 9-car freight on the afternoon of June 5, 2018. The consolidation ran as an extra, following regular Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Rail... (more)

After a 64-mile trip of powering Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train No. 215 from Antonito to Chama, C&TS 2-8-2 K-36 No. 484 gets a rinse of cinders, dust and grime at the enginehouse at on Jun... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec 487 puts on an impressive dispay on it's way out of Chama, with another load of excited passengers.

From the side you can appreciate the ingenuity that went into creating the 'Galloping Goose' powered mover. Different car bodies were used depending on the unit and Rio Grande Southern No. 7 was ... (more)

An afternoon hostler lubes the running gear of Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 2-8-2 K-36 No. 484 just outside the railroad’s enginehouse in Chama, New Mexico, on June 5, 2018.

After pulling train No. 215 to Chama, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 No. 484 gets serviced just outside the railroad’s Chama, New Mexico, enginehouse on the afternoon of June 5, 2018. On ... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado has some great vintage engines. Here we see the Denver Leadville & Gunnison No. 191, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1880 complete with c... (more)