With helpers removed, 3092, 5317 and 3088 continue their journey east from Tennessee Pass.

A brief storm passed through but the sun followed producing a fantastic scene with double rainbows. I had always wanted to visit the famed Tennessee pass. I finally made it but just a few years t... (more)

Although traffic on the legendary Tennessee Pass is dead, the line is not gone. The Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line was the highest active mainline railroad mountain pass in the United States unt... (more)

A day before the 2022 Leadville 100 mountain bike race, LC&S 1714 idles at the depot between trips. This line's legacy was as a narrow gauge terminus for the Colorado & Southern, but detached past... (more)

Leadville, Colorado & Southern #1714 descends the historic DSP&P Highline into Leadville while Mt. Arkansas looms in the background.

Back in 1994 DRGW 5404 heads a train climbing the Tennessee Pass as it nears Leadville.

Plenty of noise, plenty of smoke, not much speed! I labelled this photo as "Climbing the Tennessee Pass, between Minturn and Leadville". Maybe someone knows a more accurate location.

A Leadville, Colorado & Southern passenger train pauses at French Gulch water tank to let passengers enjoy a few minutes in Colorado’s high country on August 24, 2021. The train is powered by LC... (more)

Leadville, Colorado & Southern EMD GP9 No. 1714 rests near the Leadville, Colorado, depot of the LC&S on the morning of August 24, 2021. The Geep was built in August 1955 as Northern Pacific No. 2... (more)

Despite the pandemic, the LC&S continues operating, one of the highest standard-gauge railroads operating in the United States at the moment, if not the highest; Leadville sits at roughly 10,150 f... (more)

A consist, including the leading GP30, GP40 3010 and the ex Rio Grande Zephyr F9 A/B set picks up some cars on the Leadville branch.

After their "careers" in the Rio Grande Zephyr ended, the Rio Grande F-Units could be found in freight service. A F9 A/B set is shunting at Leadville on the branch from Malta.

A Leadville, Colorado & Southern passenger train is just arriving at Leadville after a scenic trip up the branch toward Fremont Pass on August 1, 1993. This line can trace its heritage to narrow g... (more)

It's hard to find a more picturesque setting, than where Leadville Colorado & Southern GP9 1918 is positioned in the yard. This is before 1918 had it's nose chopped. Also by the engine house you c... (more)

Tourist Railroad Leadville Colorado & Southern chop nose GP 1714 is nearing departure. As the passengers begin to climb on board. Leadville is a town that resides at over 10,000 ft.