This is Only A Test

On a test run prior to the summer steam season, Chief Mechanical Officer Sam Lanter takes Grand Canyon Railway (ex-Lake Superior & Ishpeming) Consolidation ... (more)

The southbound National Park Service special is flying past the siding at Willaha.

The southbound National Park Service special is just arriving in Williams in the late afternoon.

At the height of golden hour, Grand Canyon Railway's ex LS&I 2-8-0 29 rockets across the desert at track speed of 40MPH.

The Canyon to The Canyon

It might surprise some to find that to get to The Grand Canyon, the journey is anything but flat. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway found this... (more)

We'll Meet Again, Don't know when, But I know we'll meet again some sunny day...

The final run-by of Grand Canyon Railway 29 hours before her 1472 Day "Tube Time" exp... (more)

High Steppe Flyer.

Double Your Fun

Sunset Noir

Grand Canyon Railway 29 in the possible twilight of her career. Her 1472 day inspection would expire right after this, and it is unknown if GCR's corporate parent,... (more)

Fastest Freight Hog In the West

Making track speed going into the "flats" of the Grand Canyon Railway, the 29 has left behind the long sustained grades of the Apex / ... (more)

Play It Again Sam

Engineer and Former-CMO takes charge of Grand Canyon Railway #29 as she steams towards Williams over this small bridge north of Williams.

As we prepa... (more)

I can see for Miles and Miles and Miles...

The expanse of the Northland of Arizona is quite apparent here between the stations of Valle and Willaha on the Grand Canyon Railway.... (more)

One More Time, We’re Gonna Celebrate

With her back against the wall before her tube time expires this week, Trains Magazine chartered the Grand Canyon Railway and made the st... (more)

The GCRY 29 and 4960 race south out of the Coconino National Forest and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon after a day of festivites for the 30th anniversary of the Grand Canyon Railway reviva. Als... (more)

Under clear blue skies, the GCRY 29 & 4960 sit and rest at the South Rim Depot as they await thier 3:30 depature from the Grand Canyon back toward the town of Williams.