Happy 100th Birthday to the Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36s! In August of 1925, the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania built 10 class K-36 2-8-2 mikados for the Denver & R... (more)
Steamtown Railfest 2025: A nice display of steam for Railfest, all of which are over 100 years of age. From right to left: Canadian National Mikado (2-8-2) built in 1917 by Canadian Locomotive C... (more)
Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad doubleheader with Mount Rainier #5 and 17 on May 21, 2001 at Frederickson, WA on the former Milwaukee Road Tacoma Gulch line. Mount Rainier #5 was built for Flora Log... (more)
Denver & Rio Grande Western 487 nears the top of the grade at Cumbres Pass with its freight train on a sunny August day.
Durango & Silverton 482 leads a Presidential Special extra train along the ledge at Granite Point on a beautiful summer morning.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 484 leads its long freight train across Cascade Trestle on a cool August morning.
100 years ago today, on August 26, 1925, the first run of a Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 mikado took place with locomotive 480 on a caboose hop from Salida to Gunnison. Fast forward to just... (more)
Denver & Rio Grande Western 487 leads its passenger train up the 4% grade at Windy Point on a beautiful August afternoon.
SP #786's tender sits on a yard track at the Austin Steam Train Association yard in Cedar Park. Over 25 years after the initial sidelining of #786, plans are actually beginning to come together... (more)
SP #786 sits in pieces in the Austin Steam Train Association yard in Cedar Park. Over 25 years after the initial sidelining of #786, plans are actually beginning to come together for a return t... (more)
Denver & Rio Grande Western 487 works hard through The Narrows with its freight train on a sunny summer morning.
The mountains of the British Columbia wilderness tower over the White Pass Route as Train #1 to Carcross meets our deadhead move with locomotive 73 at Scheffler siding.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 488 and 484 storm upgrade at the Second Highway Crossing with the morning Cumbres Turn.
The class lights are illuminated white on #70, indicating an extra train.
A view into the cab of #70 as our excursion pulls into New Reliance
