Ride along for a history of the Moffat Route with photographs, vintage film and film from the D&RGW era, all from the lens of Otto Perry.

When we say Warbonnets, we mean Santa Fe! Take a look at these high-tech red and silver Warbonnets in action – and there’s no better place than the environs of Raton Pass.

Enjoy long gone Santa Fe passenger trains pulled by mighty steam locomotives and classic diesels, including Santa Fe-1, FTs, F3s, & PA-2s. All of these diesels are in Warbonnet colors.

Enjoy vintage views of the Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge freight trains from Alamosa to Durango, travel to Silverton by passenger train and see the last regular freight train to operate on the Farmington branch.

Through rare film, shot by noted railroad photographers, we see the last remains of the once vast Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge System.

The cloud of steam on the South African horizon belonged to the narrow gauge Garratt locomotives.

The Henderson Mine is located 50 miles west of Denver, CO.

The McCloud offers it all. See all the McCloud has to offer!

On Easter Sunday our crews visited the Ballarine Peninsula Railway and were there as the crew fired up the railroad’s 2-8-2 and 4-6-0.

Small but mighty, the Indiana Harbor Belt is a modern carrier with character. We’ll also see some shops action as well as Belt Railway of Chicago action.

The San Juan Express, on the Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge, ran between Alamosa and Durango. See the train from 1941 to the end of the line in 1951.

The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club has opened their Otto Perry and Irv August archives. These noted rail photographers give us a glimpse of Gunnison, Colorado in the 1940s and 1950s.

During June of 1997 the Union Pacific in cooperation with the National Railway Historical Society operated an excursion using the 844 over Tennessee Pass.

In late May and early June of 1997 Machines of Iron made one more trip to Tennessee Pass to see the some of the final days under Union Pacific control.

Machines of Iron has compiled footage from several Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee photographers to bring you this look at the last few years of the line.