Could this be the RGS at the Lizardhead snow shed in 1949?The remains of the snowshed at Cumbres and the weed grown wye track provide a reasonably good imitation of the old RGS, given it is over 6... (more)

Last minute maintenance. Here's an RGS mechanic attempting to troubleshoot a problem with Motor #5, as her Motorman waits impatiently in the cab. The #5 machine originally had a Pierce-Ar... (more)

A pair of Geese fly over Cascade Creek. Running together in open country for the first time in decades, RGS Motors #5 and 7 tip-toe across the 408 ft. long deck-plate girder bridge, that to... (more)

A grand old Goose spreads her wings. After decades running in circles at her home in the Colorado Railroad Museum, RGS Motor #7, one of the Rio Grande Southern's fabled Galloping Geese, get... (more)

Goose No. 7 is crossing Highway 17 just outside of Chama as it makes a test run up the hill to Cumbres. This was the first time that No. 7 had operated outside of the Colorado Railroad Museum sin... (more)

Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose #7 makes the circuit around the Colorado Railroad Museum. The museum will often run their various engines on the weekends.

The Colorado Railroad Museum often runs their equipment during the weekends. On this sunny November day we were treated to one of the seven original ‘Galloping Geese’, Rio Grande Southern No.... (more)

Restored RGS Goose 5, on loan from the town of Dolores, is running on the Cumbres and Toltec. Seen here at Cumbres in the last remaining bit of snowshed.

Galloping along in Rio Grande Southern Goose No. 5 southbound (eastbound in timetable) past milepost 454 on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad just north of Durango, Colorado, on Augu... (more)

While Galloping Goose No. 4 waits on the south leg of the wye, Goose No. 5 turns on the north leg in the background just south (east) of Home Ranch siding, Colorado, on August 14, 2015. This is th... (more)

The last moments of sun catch the Colorado Railroad Museum's Galloping Goose No 6 as well as some vintage rolling stock. If you are ever in Colorado you need to make sure to stop by and see the a... (more)

RGS Motor (Goose) #1 sits quietly mid-week at its home in Ridgway.

You just can’t go wrong with a good Goose wedgie.

Here you see two of the three ‘Galloping Geese’ owned and operated by the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. Rio Grande Southern No. 2 is the oldest surviving ‘Goose’, having b... (more)

One of the seven original ‘Galloping Geese’, Rio Grande Southern No. 7 ran passenger and freight service in southwest Colorado. No. 7 was built in 1936 and was the last and largest of the Gee... (more)