Unidentified Units from the Rio Grande Days Not everything can be known. That’s just the way it is. Knowing that fact doesn’t make it any
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F9 Finale
The Last Runs of Rio Grande’s Fabled F9 Trio on the Ski Train Many railfans know of the D&RGW F9 set, the last three “covered
Coal Creek at Dusk
One cool summer evening in July 1986 we went train-hunting at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon, south of Boulder. At this time the Rio
Fun with Lighting: Night
Let’s face it. Most of the time it’s daytime on our model railroads. Why? Because you can see better in daylight. Hence, we install lighting
San Luis Valley in Transition: 2003
One thing about railroads… the work proceeds at its own pace, and that
appears slow to the layman.
Trip: Pilgrimage to Helper, 2001
A Look Back on an Iconic Railfan Excursion For a period just before and after the turn of the millennium, the small railroad town of
Action Road 