The Harbinger Has Arrived

The Future is now as the first of Durango and Silverton’s Oil Fired Steam Locomotives, 493 is shown at the Durango Roundhouse, next to it K-28 473 i... (more)

The first of two trains returns to Durango as the sun sets on a cool autumn evening.

Before it reaches the spectacular High Line section of its route, the Durango & Silverton skirts another narrow ledge on its approach to Rockwood.

The second train of the day pulls out of Silverton on its return trip to Durango on a crystal clear autumn afternoon.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s second Silverton train 463 works upgrade along the Animas River west (north) of Cascade, Colorado, on the morning of August 31, 2006.

Durango & Silverton Railroad #473 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive is prepped for the next day of duty in the D&S Durango Yard during a photographer's night photography shoot.

Durango & Silverton K-36 No. 481 passes the Yard-Limit sign at the southern end of Rockwood as it returns to Durango from Silverton. This is the first of two daily trains, departing 45-minutes pri... (more)

Durango & Silverton K-36 No. 482 passes through the famed cut at Rockwood as it returns to Durango from Silverton. This is the first of two daily trains, the second would subsequently follow 45-mi... (more)

After arriving with the last train of the day, Durango & Silverton K36 2-8-2 480 simmers in the yard at Durango, Colorado.

Almost blending in with the surrounding pine trees and rocks, K-36 #482 brings a passenger train through the famous "High Line" on a picture-perfect summer afternoon.

A Durango & Silverton train slips through one of the many rock cuts of the San Juan Mountains one last time, as the train exits the famed "High Line" near Rockwood, Colorado.

An afternoon train coasts down the Animas River canyon after crossing the bridge just north of the Cascade Wye.

Guiding its train through the high San Juan Mountains, former DRGW K-36 #482 is seen traversing the famous "High Line" horseshoe curve situated above the roaring Animas River, which is s... (more)

"Now down by the station early in the mornin'..." As goes the lyrics to C.W. McCall's song "The Silverton", we see next to the Durango Station, the interior of the roundhous... (more)

Winter photo charter on The D&S railroad. light snow on and off all day during a very heavy snow season. I recommend these charters we had a great time in some tough conditions