Slim Gauge Photographer

07/05/2026

Yup, the third (THIRD!?!) part of our trip with the ...

07/04/2026

Happy Independence Day from the Slim Gauge Photographer! We hope you enjoy celebrating America’s 250th! 473 is looking patriotic flying the Stars & Stripes. July, 2026

07/01/2026

It’s White Pass Wednesday and Canada Day. In Fraser, British Columbia we find WP&YR 110 and 109, products of the Montreal Locomotive Works. September, 2025.

06/27/2026

Scraping canyon walls around 24 degree curves puts D&RGW 340 right at home as it traverses the the slim rails of Colorado again. June, 2026.

06/24/2026

It’s that day of the week, White Pass Wednesday! WP&YR 73 puts on a show of smoke and steam as it crosses trestle 15C outside of Tunnel Mountain. Taken during the Lerro Photography charter. September, 2025.

06/14/2026

What year is it? Who knows as Rio Grande Southern 20 simmers outside the Durango roundhouse. This 1899 Schenectady ten wheeler called this roundhouse home for many years.

06/07/2026

Check out Big Diehl Photography’s video on our favorite RGS locomotive

In the second part of our trip with , Jeff, Brett, and Du...

06/05/2026

Through the Rockies, not around them. The 340 is doing just that as it passes through cuts in the red granite north of Rockwood.

06/04/2026

A mixed train from yesteryear making it way timetable west from Durango, Colorado. Leading the train towards the Animas Canyon is D&RGW 340, having been rebuilt by the Durango & Silverton for Knotts Berry Farm. June, 2026.

06/02/2026

Shooting with the camera you have…

I got invited to tagalong with Nick and Nick on the Bluegrass train the other day but did not have my camera… Sometimes that iPhone in your pocket really is the best camera you have when it’s your only camera

shot in the Lightroom app using Adobe raw