In a surprise turn of events, and to the delight to many of the photographers on hand as part of the day's Victorian Iron Horse Roundup activities, visiting Rio Grande Southern No. 20 has coupled ... (more)

Bound for Big Horn. Eureka & Palisade Locomotive #4 "Eureka" and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" haul a late 1800s period mixed train westbound on Col... (more)

Four pre-20th century steam locomotives gathered in Antonito, Colorado, for the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup. Its even more amazing when you realize that only "Eureka" was operable 20 y... (more)

Florence & Cripple Creek took delivery of the "Elkton" in 1895. After the tracks washed out, the Consolidation was purchased by the Denver & Rio Grande and number 425. In 1924 it became... (more)

A Quarter Century of Change Eureka was state-of-the-art when Baldwin built it in 1875. Likewise for Rio Grande Southern 20, which Schenectady built for the Florence & Cripple Creek in 189... (more)

Wood, Coal, and Oil A rare sight for sure. Six steam locomotives burning three different forms of fuel all gathered in one place, and all under steam at the same time. A sight to b... (more)

RGS No. 20 shoves past the Antonito water tank after a successful test run towards Lava.

RGS No. 20 is making its first test run on the Cumbres & Toltec, allowing the crew to really "open 'er up" for the first time since restoration. Before this, No. 20 had only operated on... (more)

Two Ten-Wheelers, Rio Grande Southern 20 and Rio Grande Western 168, stand outside the C&TS shop in Antonito. Although they appear similar in size, there is almost twenty years of steam technolog... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec 489 is being bedded down for the night after taking on oil and water at Antonito, Colorado.

One of the neatest experiences of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup was the chance to ride (and for some, sleep) in an authentic narrow gauge Pullman car. Denver & Rio Grande 470 was built by Pull... (more)

Former D&RGW K-37 494 has never turned a wheel under steam for owner Cumbres & Toltec. It has been a display item at Antonito since 1970.

Denver & Rio Grande 425 (D&RGW 315 backdated to its 1917 appearance and number) sits in the yard at Antonito alongside C&TS K-36 489 and Rio Grande Southern 20 on the second day of the Victorian I... (more)

Rio Grande 489, recently converted from coal to oil, has been holding down the Antonito-Osier most of the summer. The state of Colorado, along with the rest of the southwest, is experiencing an e... (more)

Bedded down under a blanket of stars. Five operational, narrow gauge steam locomotives, all of which were built before 1900, share the yard in Antonito, Colorado, at the start of the Cumbre... (more)