DRGW 493 heads south past the old Needleton Tank

High above DRGW's highline, DRGW 493 with a mixed freight heads south around the Horseshoe

DRGW 493 crosses the soon to be replaced Timber Bridge over the Animas

Misty Mountain Hop

The remnants of Tropical Storm / Hurricane Nora which had made its way up from Mexico and Arizona have reached the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The weath... (more)

On the first day of the Trains Magazine charter, DRGW 493 rounds the bend at Granite Point/Elbert Creek/Mini Highline with a mixed freight consist in tow

Crew shot to end the charter on the Highline's horseshoe curve

With rain starting to move in, DRGW 493 heads south over the "new" Twin Bridge

Road To The Multiverse

Evoking an alternate reality, Durango and Silverton masquerades as her former self enroute into Silverton. As a Rio Grande locomotive, the 493 never mad... (more)

Rockwood!

Rounding Granite Point / Mini High Line / Elbert Creek, Denver and Rio Grande Western K-37 493 rounds the shelf track here above Shalona Lake. This charter train dep... (more)

Standing guard in the Silverton Yard. Looking a bit forlorn, and certainly a bit worse for wear, Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493 stands guard over the small railroad yard on the east ... (more)

On a brisk Dec. 21, 1963 at Chama, N.M., D&RGW 2-8-2 493 has another Mikado, 488, in tow as the two of them head for the wye to turn and then take a 3rd cut of cars up to Cumbres Pass summit, and ... (more)

50 years ago D&RGW's eastbound freight led by Mikado 493 took water at Gato, Colo. between Durango and Chama on Dec. 19, 1963. It was the last winter D&RGW operated its narrow gauge lines, and th... (more)