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

The illustrious David P. Morgan, longtime editor of Trains Magazine wrote towards the end of his time in 1982 about what constitutes a Class...

Jim Wrinn, editor of Trains Magazine recently talked shop about Rio Grande Southern engine 20 and what the expectations are with the restor...

Before " Blucifer the demon horse" of DIA  neighed its welcome (of sorts) to visitors driving in and out of the world's larg...

Challenger 3985 charges south with the Circus Train toward Denver September 28, 2010 Photo: John H. Hill While fans of the Union Pa...

Jim Wrinn, editor of Trains Magazine , puts a bow on  the opening year of the UP Steam Big Boy era  in his blog post. Despite the pains ...

UPDATE: 12/9/19 via Denver Post: Any solution RTD may implement will not come until spring. Meanwhile "They want to just show up and h...

Lonely Vigil You've driven hours on miles and miles of lonely two-lane highway to reach a lonely, seemingly forgotten county road cros...

The route presently served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief has survived the nationalization of passenger service, service cutbacks, meal cut...

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...

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...