YouTube vlogger Hyce posted a tour he recently took of Eddie Carroll's layout in Texas. It's a large, mostly-complete HO and HOn3 la...

Over 142 years of coal-fired steaming is finally coming to an end in Durango.  Let that sink in a moment. Your grandfather never knew a day ...

Model railroads are not featured here often for the simple reason that they're an imitation of the prototype, a re-creation that has lic...

Once in a while, I come across a resource or an item so well-done, I can't help but share it. RGSrr.com is an old school site in terms ...

One area of lasting interest by railfans and historians in Colorado is Alpine Tunnel. Built by the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railro...

For the first time since most of us were born, narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande steam engine 168 turned her wheels under steam. Trains M...

A favorite story of mine, especially when it comes to narrow gauge lore, is that of Billy Westall. The Denver, South Park & Pacific, one...

This short film , The Railroader - Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Working On a Historic American West Railroad , is currently in Natio...

For Christmas, I received Narrow Gauge in the Rockies by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, sixth printing, first published in 1958. It is i...

Every once in a while, an e-mail from the contact form catches my eye, like this one: Dear Colorado Railroads, Wasn't there a line ru...

In the twilight of the narrow gauge era of the Denver & Rio Grande Western, the Monarch Branch had the rare distinction of being standar...

The 2018 summer season has got off to a rocky start for the premier heritage railroad in Colorado. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge ...

Run For Cover , a Paramount Pictures western was put into wide release on this day in 1955. It stars Jimmy Cagney as a drifter intent on g...

If there weren't ads out there telling us "the season" is coming, the weather itself is reminding us: Christmas is on the wa...

Every once in a while, I'll find a railroad image that, for lack of a better phrase, stops me in my tracks. Today's POTD is one of t...

As someone who started his family when he was young, I can empathize easily with parents who find themselves in a real bind during Christmas...

Some trouble on July 4th kept the morning run from Antonito, CO from reaching Osier that noon for the traditional lunch stop, but that...

A little bird (not Twitter) whispered in my ear that the restoration of 491 by the Colorado Railroad Museum has got someone's attention ...

Shaking off over 75 years of sitting cold and drained in a park, Denver & Rio Grande steam engine 168 left Colorado Springs this week on...

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." - Ronald Re...