The first rays of morning sunlight peek over the San Juan Foothills and begin to reach the valley floor in Hermosa as DRGW #478 approaches from the south with a Willow Creek Productions Photo Char... (more)

DRGW 5401 leads the helper set as it eases back to Minturn. The helpers are crossing the Eagle River at the east end of Belden, near the town of Red Cliff on a glorious fall day. Nothing could bea... (more)

I was fortunate to hear that UP was going to head out on the former Mopac east of Pueblo to retrieve some stored autoracks. After spending a couple of hours putting their train together they heade... (more)

UP 3985 crosses over the South Platte River, heading south for Denver on a Colorado morning.

D&RGW Mixed. Extra 315 crosses the Animas River near Elk Park, Colorado on a pretty August morning. The special excursions behind Locomotive 315 at the 2010 D&S Railfest featured all D&RG... (more)

Southbound from Silverton in the late afternoon. The combination of hazy sunshine and the reflection of light off the mineral stained rocks below the bridge produced an interesting lighting effec... (more)

The D&S Winter Photographers Special backed into the canyon from Rockwood in order to provide new photo opportunities such as this southbound shot at High Bridge in morning light. This year's vers... (more)

The 315 crosses the trestle at Los Pinos. This was a photographers special with the train carrying the photographers running ahead of it. They sure missed a lot of photo opportunities.

The westbound RGZ applies the horses as it climbs out of Rollinsville towards the Moffat Tunnel in October 1981.

Chama Steam VIII crossing the bridge at Cresco

A very rare treat finds UP 1989 - The DRGW Heritage Unit - leads the eastbound California Zephyr. Here, the train crosses over Colorado Hwy 72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. If only the bridge ... (more)

Westbound #17, Rio Grande Zephyr, behind the usual suspects, crosses a frozen Colorado River, just west of the stop and crew change at Bond and is about to go into the short tunnel at McCoy, on th... (more)

UP Colorado Springs,CO Local crossing Monument Creek on the ex-Rock Island main line.

5382 5404 5364 5399 5403 haul a loaded coal train through Fraser and up towards the Moffat Tunnel in January 1982, with helpers 3125 3097 at the rear end, out of picture.