Stranger in a Strange Land Southern Pacific's "Slim Princess", 4-6-0 No.18 leads the Second Silverton Train into Rockwood Colorado as the helper. The trains are just... (more)
Durango & Silverton K-28 No. 473 is approaching Rockwood, Colorado, with the 0930 train to Cascade Canyon. One of the biggest complaints I heard from railfans that oppose D&SNG converting its eng... (more)
Doubleheaded K-28s stomp upgrade near Rockwood, Colorado, during the short time in 2018 that the railroad was able to run all the way from Durango to Silverton following the June 2018 fire. A mud... (more)
The summer of 2018 was a difficult one for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. First a fire in June near Durango shuttered the railroad, and then a mudslide in July stranded two trains... (more)
Engineer Nick eases the largest locomotive on the Durango and Silverton's roster around the tight cliffs of the legendary High Line.
High above DRGW's highline, DRGW 493 with a mixed freight heads south around the Horseshoe
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
Doubleheading on the highline, just north of Rockwood
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)
DSNG 480 leads its train out of Rockwood and back towards Durango after it's daily run to Silverton.
Durango Silverton 473 rounds the bend towards the mini-highline
Tom Golden photo.
And You’re Gonna Get a Shiver, When You Check Out The River... With a one-two punch of the COVID Pandemic and The Elk Creek Bridge being washed out, action shots of The Duran... (more)
A room with a view. DRGW 473 takes a Silverton Mixed Train around the High Line Horseshoe Curve at MP 469.5 in a scene shot from the cliffs high above the track level. Reaching this locat... (more)