Taking water from aa makeshift water tank.

Taking coal at Monero.

Taking coal at the tipple in Chama June 1967.

Climbing into Monero Canyon on the now gone Chama to Durango portion of the railroad. Note the head end brakeman standing outside the dog house on #483.

Ready to leave Chama.

Ready to leave Chama.

DRGW 5401 seems to be right at home at the Colorado Railroad Museum. A peeling UP patch with number 9871 still adorns the sides of the cab, but the number boards were thankfully backdated to refl... (more)

D&RGW K-27 #453 begins its trek around Tanglefoot Curve on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. #453 was renumbered from #463 for this Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec fall photo charter.

East of Osier, CO, D&RGW 2-8-0 #315 leads a freight train through the San Juan Mountains near MP 317 on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. A Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Fall Photo ... (more)

For awhile the UP had the 3 Rio Grande GP60's running together on the Denver to Pueblo trains over the Joint Line. Here the trio make their way south towards Pueblo somewhere north of Palmer Lake.... (more)

One of my 1st trips on my own was a trip out to Montana and Utah back in 2000. One of the things on the "Hit List" was this dirt train on the ex-Rio Grande" out of Helper, Utah. Eve... (more)

D&RGW 2-8-0 #315 rounds the curve at Lava, NM (MP 291) on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. A Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Fall Photo Charter.

D&RGW 2-8-2 #453 rolls across Hangman's Trestle, as the sun rises over Colorado's San Luis Valley. #453 was renumbered from its usual #463 for this Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec charter.

In addition to an amazing collection of steam engines, many of which run during the summer weekends, the Colorado Railroad Museum has a variety of rolling stock. Here we see Denver & Rio Grande W... (more)