This is an actual mixed revenue freight with passengers. They would run down from Alamosa in the morning, detrain passengers to the Cumbres & Toltec and work locally until the passengers' return,... (more)

Service stop at La Jara

The San Luis & Rio Grande south local passes the famous Denver & Rio Grande two-story depot in downtown La Jara, CO. The depot hasn't been used for passenger service since the 'San Juan' stopped r... (more)

SLRG 116 slows to a stop in La Jara to take care of business before continuing on south to Antonito.

Northbound Antonito-Alamosa Rio Grande Scenic passenger train behind SLRG #18 passes a retired Rio Grande boxcar near La Jara, CO. The landscape in this part of southern Colorado is dotted with ma... (more)

Northbound Antonito-Alamosa passenger train lead by SLRG #18 rolling through the rural southern Colorado landscape on a beautiful summer evening. The train has been to Antonito to make a connectio... (more)

San Luis & Rio Grande #18 (Rio Grande Scenic) leads its beautiful IC-inspired train through a slight curve just north of La Jara, Colorado on its 30 mile run down from Alamosa to Antonito where it... (more)

The tender of #498 is being filled at La Jara, CO, while #484 waits its turn. The train is on its way to Antonito then on the Chama, New Mexico with drilling pipe eventually bound for Farmington, ... (more)