D&SNGRR #480 works its away along the narrow shelf track of the highline on a return trip from Cascade Canyon.

Few things are more serene and beautiful than the morning after a heavy snowstorm in the Animas Canyon. Here #480 crawls along the horseshoe curve of the highline as it heads for Cascade Canyon.

Rio Grande Southern 41 crosses the high bridge on its final Durango & Silverton test run before returning to California.

Rio Grande Southern 41 takes its final test run on the Durango & Silverton highline before returning to California.

"A High Line Finale": D&RGW #473 and #476 march across Horseshoe Curve on the famed High Line as they head south for Durango, CO on October 17, 2023. This was taken as part of one final ... (more)

The Durango and Silverton crew who made the two-day K-28 photo special possible poses in front of D&RGW K-28 #473 on October 17, 2023 near Elk Park. Thanks to their hard work it was just another d... (more)

Repeating curves mark this location in the Animas River Canyon as D&RGW #473 and #476 race toward Silverton Colorado on October 16, 2023.

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493, hauling the regular Silverton train south to Durango, passes the K-28 special mixed train on October 16, 2023 at Elk Park outside of Silverton, Colorado. Bri... (more)

Granite Point

Fresh from a rebuild in Durango's roundhouse, Rio Grande Southern 41 takes a spin up to Rockwood.

D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle by the powerplant at Tacoma on the Silverton Branch on October 16, 2023. Here the train will pause briefly once into the passing siding to clear the main for the daily S... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 #476 marches along the High Line at Granite Point on October 16, 2023 as she works hard to help a mixed train north to Silverton, Colorado. With new valve rings an... (more)

D&RGW #473 thunders north within the Animas River Canyon with her mixed train and sister K-28 #476 on the late afternoon of October 16, 2023. Behind her, the Colorado Rockies provide a majestic ba... (more)

"Thunder at Goblin Fire": D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard heading north to Silverton, CO pulling their mixed train on October 16, 2023. Amongst bright Aspen trees the sound here was specta... (more)

Curving along the Animas River the D&RGW's High Line is certainly not for the faint hearted. Here at a location called The Needles, D&RGW K-28 Mikados #473 and #476 continue north to Silverton, Co... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 bark along Cement Wall deep within the Animas River Canyon outside of Durango, Colorado on October 16, 2023. #473 and #476 saw extensive use on freight train service from Salid... (more)