RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 478 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Steam 2-8-2 at Rockwood, Colorado by Kevin Madore

Community Response

Locomotive Details

Location/Date of Photo


Views: 7,314 Favorited: 37
Since added on April 09, 2012

+ Add to Favorites

+ Subscribe

+ Add to Photo Album

+ Post a Photo Comment

» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» Steam 2-8-2 (more..)

» High Line (MP 470)
» Rockwood, Colorado, USA (more..)
» February 22, 2011

Locomotive No./Train ID

Photographer

» DRGW 478 (more..)
» Photo Charter (more..)

» Kevin Madore (more..)
» Contact Photographer · Photographer Profile

Remarks & Notes

Eastbound Silverton Mixed. A D&RGW Mixed Freight lifts the pops as she slowly transits the High Line toward Rockwood Colorado on a chilly winter morning. The train depicted here is typical of narrow gauge operations on the D&RGW Silverton Branch prior to the tourist era. It is headed up by an Alco K-28 Locomotive, which is just small enough to cleanly negotiate some of the tight clearances that exist over the 2 mile stretch known as "The High Line", running from Tacoma to Rockwood Colorado. This shot depicts a portion of the High Line that is rarely seen in modern photos, because it is only lit like this in the morning and most current morning operations feature trains running in the other direction. The site is a few hundred yards east (railroad west....go figure!) of the famous Horseshoe Curve and was featured in a famous series of 1880s photos by the legendary Photographer, William Henry Jackson.

Photo Location Map

Photo Comments (0)

View Larger Map

User Photo Albums Containing this Photo (6)

+ Add to Album

Amazing Pictures - part 4 Album created by member Ben A	Album Views: 96,848
Beautiful sceneries, steam locomotives... all inspiring pictures.

Narrow Gauge Album created by member Pit	Album Views: 122,233
Narrow Gauge Railroads in Colorado and New Mexico

Mixed freight-passenger trains Album created by member Vladislav Khindual	Album Views: 38,971

Back in the Day Album created by member Sean M	Album Views: 35,799
Back in the day when steam ruled the rails to early diesels, and really cool stuff.

Denver & Rio Grande Western Album created by member Randy	Album Views: 10,499
Action In Colorado & Utah

Rio Grande - Scenic Line of the World Album created by member Kevin Madore	Album Views: 65,620
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad are all that remains of the legendary Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge system. Here you'll find some of my favorites from these two beautiful railways.

Add to Photo Album or Get Your Own Photo Album

EXIF Data for this photo: [What's this?]

This image contains EXIF headers - Click Here to show the data.

Photo Copyright © 2012 Kevin Madore. All Rights Reserved. Photo Usage Policy
This website Copyright © 2002-2024. All Rights Reserved.