CRRX 3104 leads the Royal Gorge excursion train east through Parkdale, CO.

Passengers have begun boarding the 12:30pm "Royal Gorge Route" excursion on a beautiful autumn afternoon in Colorado. It was good to see the F7s back in service on this train. Accordin... (more)

The Royal Gorge Route Railroad heads back east after running thru the gorge.

'Galloping Goose' No. 7 makes a lap around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum, passing the entrance and the flagman posted to stop traffic.

I last visited the Royal Gorge Railroad in the summer of 2011. The train was pulled by the staple F7 unit back then so I must say I was a bit surprised when neither engine on our train was an F7. ... (more)

A view of two of the Manitou and Pikes Peak railway trains as they start the descent down from the 14,110' summit of Pikes Peak.

A group of ROTC recruits enjoys some time atop "America's Mountain" while the first train of the day to the top rests after the 9 mile climb up 25% grades from Manitou Springs.

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)

From aboard the Canon City and Royal Gorge Railway's noon train, we see some of Southern Colorado's finest scenery and a signal that once guided coal trains up the famous Tennessee Pass. Now, all ... (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)

A chartered Leadville, Colorado & Southern train passes French Gulch Tank during the 2016 NRHS Convention. At almost 11,000 feet above sea level, this may have been the highest-altitude runby in c... (more)

Leadville, Colorado & Southern poses under puffy clouds during the photo runby at French Gulch Tank. It was likely the highest-altitude runby in NRHS convention history at almost 11,000 feet above... (more)

Looking like a shot from the Swiss Alps, Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway #24 is heading back down the mountain with a train full of cold and windblown passengers.

A Royal Gorge Route Railroad (then, Canon City and Royal Gorge) passenger train pauses near Hanging Bridge west of Gorge siding in the depths of Royal Gorge, west of Canon City, Colorado, on May 1... (more)