Kids are back in school. Football is rolling into stadiums. The summer heat is fading into a warm autumn. Pretty soon, we will see the firs...

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

Today, we are finishing our look at Timothy Tonge's work along the Joint Line between Larkspur and Palmer Lake, an examination that woul...

Today being Tuesday, it's fitting to return with another Photo of the Day by Timothy Tonge. On July 23, 2019, it's not quite mid-mor...

It's been quite a while since we've had a Photo of the Day, so it should be a good one! A new photographer has been making quite an ...

As a follow up to my previous post from April 26, it's worth noting that the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden is conducting a symposi...

In two weeks , dignitaries and pundits will call attention to a small bluff in western Utah named Promontory Summit where rail crews from t...

Ever wonder how to fire up a steam locomotive? Take a trip inside the Colorado Railroad Museum 's roundhouse to bring life to Rio Grande...

Speaking of John Bush on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic, here he is in 1991 showing Rotary plow OY. Opening the pass the old fashioned ...

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...

John Hill captured Union Pacific legend No. 844 as it crested the slight grade at LaSalle, Colorado, on her speedy way from Cheyenne to Denv...