Digital Photo Art – On October 19th, 2023, the crew on Cumbres and Toltec 463 rounds a curve as glint from the rising sun illuminates their freight train during a recent photo charter, between Antonio and Osier, CO, by Dak Dillion Photography.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 29mm, f/2.8, 1/4000, ISO 360.
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge steam locomotive D&RGW 476 runs as a mid-train helper on a K-28 100th Anniversary Special as they head through through the Repeating Curves at MP 472.2, along the Animas River, between Durango and Silverton, Colorado, on October 16th, 2023.
According to Wikipedia: The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 64.
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge steam locomotive D&RGW 473 leads a K-28 100th Anniversary Special with D&RGW 476 as a mid-train helper through the Repeating Curves at MP 472.2, along the Animas River, between Durango and Silverton, Colorado, on October 16th, 2023.
According to Wikipedia: The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 72.
Norfolk Southern 4117 casts a long shadow on the Green River in this top-down view, as it pulls a loaded coal train across the drawbridge at Rockport, Kentucky as it heads north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway on November 23d, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/400, ISO 100.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we catch Denver and Rio Grande Western steam locomotive 168 as it pulls through a grove of Aspens, on October 20th, 2023on its way to Osier, Colorado on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
According to their website: the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a National Historic Landmark. At 64-miles in length, it is the longest, the highest and most authentic steam railroad in North America, traveling through some of the most spectacular scenery in the Rocky Mountain West.
According to Wikipedia: Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 168 is a class “T-12” 4-6-0 “Ten-Wheeler” type narrow-gauge steam railway locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passenger locomotive, with 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, the largest drivers used on any three-foot gauge D&RGW locomotive. The large drivers made it suitable for relatively fast passenger service.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 20mm, f/5.6, 1/900, ISO 400.
This week we catch, mostly from the air, empty Phosphate train B240, with 3 CN leaders, in the siding for southbound loaded grain train G231 to pass at Crofton, Kentucky. Then we watch a northbound intermodal, I028, as it heads through the north end of Kelly, Kentucky. Both trains are on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. Enjoy and please Like, Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
The hostler on Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway 463 works on the engine at dusk as it, along with 168 and 488 rest outside the engine house at Antonito, Colorado after a day of work. Dusk is a magical time to capture images anywhere, but this was during photoshoot hosted by Dak Dillion Photography during a two-day photo charter, between Antonito and Osier, CO.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @52mm, f/8, 1/125, ISO 900.
Stars fill the sky on the night of October 19th, 2023, as the crew on Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway 463 takes on water at the yards water tank at Antonito, Colorado, during the night photoshoot on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, hosted by Dak Dillion Photography during a two-day photo charter, between Antonito and Osier, CO.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @36mm, f/8, 3 seconds, ISO 1400.
During my trip to Colorado to chase steam we stayed in Alamosa for the Cumbres and Toltec portion of the trip. On October 18th, 2023, I captured this lash-up of a Carolina Southern 9163 F7A unit, San Luis & Rio Grande (BUGX 227) and Rio Grande (BUGX 1100), sitting in the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad yard there. While I don’t normally capture scenes of locomotives that aren’t what I refer to as alive (have lights on, underpower or moving) I thought these old war horses warranted a photo.
I really don’t know a lot about them or their running condition, other than what I found on the web below.
Carolina Southern Railroad No. 9163 was built in 1950 and went to Canadian National Railway in 1952. Carolina Southern was an 80-mile short line based in Conway South Carolina that started service in 1995. The line shut down in 2011 and was sold to R. J. Corman in 2015. Locomotive No. 9163 was acquired by Iowa Pacific Holdings and was delivered to subsidiary San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad in Alamosa, Colorado. In 2022.
San Luis & Rio Grande (BUGX 227) F40PH-2, which was converted to a SLUG from what I find on the web, was built in May of 1976 and started its life as and engine in Amtrak’s fleet. According to the Diesel Shop its history is: ex LBWR/SLRG 227 (Lubbock & Western Railway); ex TNMR/SLRG 227 (Texas-New Mexico Railroad); ex SLRG 227; ex AMTK F40PH 227.
According to the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad Roser site, (BUGX 1100) FP10 was built in December of 1946 as Built as GM&O F3A 805A, Rebuilt as FP10 MBTA 1100 and then To SLRG Aug-2006.
BUGX is Dieselmotive Company, Inc (Reporting mark: BUGX) is also known as the Bruggere and Monson Railroad is a company that owns, operates and maintains diesel locomotives. and according to the markings on the latter two engines, I assume they now own the 227 and 1100.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 220.
Denver and Rio Grande Western steam locomotives 473 and 493 head up a daily passenger train as they pull around the curve approaching Granite Point, just outside of Rockwood, Colorado, as they head to Silverton, CO, on October 15th, 2023. If you look closely at in the far-right center of the photo you’ll see the famous Big Diehl Photography who hiked into this point, perched on the mountain side, capturing the trains sights and sounds as it works upgrade!
According to Wikipedia: The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
Denver and Rio Grande Western steam locomotive 493 heads up a daily passenger train as they pull from the station at Rockwood, Colorado, as they head back to Durango after their trip to Silverton, CO, on October 14th, 2023.
According to Wikipedia: The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 400.
Norfolk Southern 4124 leads NS 168 west through the cut at Tunnel Hill, just west of Ramsey, Indiana on November 4th, 2023, as it heads west on the NS Southern East District. This rock cut was made close to the old existing tunnel where the trains used to run.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/240, ISO 100.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we catch Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge steam locomotive D&RGW 473 and D&RGW 493 as it pulls into the station at Durango, Colorado, on October 17th, 2023, as the sunsets.
According to Wikipedia: The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/4.5, 1/35, ISO 400.
This week we bounce around a bit between Western Kentucky on CSX and the Paducah and Louisville Railway and end up at North Vernon and then DePauw, Indiana where we catch an interesting move on Norfolk Southern. Enjoy and please Like! Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam locomotive D&RGW 168 passes over Ferguson’s Trestle at MP 285.87 at sunrise as it heads to Osier, Colorado, during a photo charter by Dak Dillon Photography on October 20th, 2023.
According to their website: the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a National Historic Landmark. At 64-miles in length, it is the longest, the highest and most authentic steam railroad in North America, traveling through some of the most spectacular scenery in the Rocky Mountain West.
Owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico, the train crosses state borders 11 times, zigzagging along canyon walls, burrowing through two tunnels, and steaming over 137-foot Cascade Trestle. All trains steam along through deep forests of aspens and evergreens, across high plains filled with wildflowers, and through a rocky gorge of remarkable geologic formations. Deer, antelope, elk, fox, eagles and even bear are frequently spotted on this family friendly, off-the grid adventure.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/3.2, 1/1600, ISO 100.
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam locomotive D&RGW 463 passes the Lava water tank as the sun rises behind their train, between Antonito and Osier, Colorado, during a photo charter by Dak Dillon Photography on October 19th, 2023.
According to their website: the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a National Historic Landmark. At 64-miles in length, it is the longest, the highest and most authentic steam railroad in North America, traveling through some of the most spectacular scenery in the Rocky Mountain West.
Owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico, the train crosses state borders 11 times, zigzagging along canyon walls, burrowing through two tunnels, and steaming over 137-foot Cascade Trestle. All trains steam along through deep forests of aspens and evergreens, across high plains filled with wildflowers, and through a rocky gorge of remarkable geologic formations. Deer, antelope, elk, fox, eagles and even bear are frequently spotted on this family friendly, off-the grid adventure.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/3.2, 1/4000, ISO 80.
Canadian National 2858, 2981 and 3806 lead an empty phosphate train B420, as it takes the cutoff at Mortons Junction, as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on November 7th, 2023, at Mortons Gap, Kentucky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 130.
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge steam locomotive D&RGW 473 leads a K-28 100th Anniversary Special with D&RGW 476 as a mid-train helper through the Repeating Curves at MP 472.2, along the Animas River, between Durango and Silverton, Colorado, on October 16th, 2023.
According to Wikipedia: The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 250.
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge steam locomotive D&RGW 473 pulls a K-28 100th Anniversary Special with D&RGW 476 as a mid-train helper through the Repeating Curves at MP 472.2, along the Animas River, between Durango and Silverton, Colorado, on October 16th, 2023.
According to Wikipedia: The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/5.6, 1/640, ISO 160.
Norfolk Southern 4124 crosses Georgetown Creek over the trestle at Georgetown, Indiana, as it leads NS 168 west on November 4th, 2023, on the NS Southern East District with its mixed freight.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.
It sure was nice of CSX to send CSXT 1776 Spirit of Our Armed Forces locomotive heading south on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 2023. Here I captured it as it passed the signals at the north end of the siding at Slaughters, as it made its way south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
According to a press release from CSXT, ES44AH locomotive No. 1776, dubbed “The Spirit of Our Armed Forces,” was unveiled 0n April 30, 2019 at the railroad’s Huntington Heavy Repair shops in West Virginia.
No. 1776, renumbered from No. 3112, wears a combination standard CSX scheme on its cab and a highly detailed digital camouflage paint scheme on its long hood which adorns CSX’s new “Pride in Service” logo. The seals of the five-armed services branches are spread across the rear of the engine’s radiators, and logos for several support organizations for veterans and veterans’ families also appear on the locomotive. A screen-printed American flag covers the side cab windows.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.