C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

Rear brake. Brakeman Mike Nichols mans the hand brakes while protecting the rear of his chartered D&RGW freight as the train backs to pick up passengers after a photo run-by at the Animas H... (more)

The "Sports Model". Showing off her distinctive Alco, nose-mounted air pumps, and sporting a vee plow that looks just a little big for her, Denver & Rio Grande Western Locomotive... (more)

A mighty tight fit. Durango & Silverton's K-36 #482 looks as if she's passing a wall of ancient stone carvings, as she tip-toes along the High Line with Train 261, the daily Cascade Canyon ... (more)

Through the Rockies, not around them. So proclaimed the motto of the Denver & Rio Grande, later known as the Denver & Rio Grande Western. In order to accomplish that goal, the D&RGW laid ... (more)

A daily passenger service on the D&SNGRR departs Silverton for the return trip to Durango.

Taking it slow.... D&RGW Locomotive #478 slowly eases a late afternoon Silverton Mixed around the horseshoe curve, on the High Line in Rockwood, CO. Her engineer has her doing about 5 mph... (more)

D&SNGRR 473 pulls the Fall Photographer's Train through Whitehead Gulch on the way to Silverton, CO. The consist was comprised of all "Tuscan Red" premium coaches, a departure from the b... (more)

The Silverton. The throaty bark of a D&RGW K-28 Locomotive echos off the nearby hills as she struggles up the 2.5% grade between Hermosa and Rockwood, CO with an early morning Silverton Tra... (more)

On May 25, 1985, the Colorado Railroad Museum hosted a night photo session featuring D&RGW 2-8-0 346 and some of their narrow-gauge freight equipment.

RGS Motor (Goose) #1 sits quietly mid-week at its home in Ridgway.

In what almost looks like a scrapping operation, is really a Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad crew preparing a locomotive for an off-season overhaul. Machinists remove appliances and ot... (more)

Engineer Mike Spera oils around Rio Grande K-37 No. 491 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden on the night of November 21, 2014. This narrow gauge 2-8-2 has recently been restored to service a... (more)

Machinists remove appliances and other parts from Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge 2-8-2 K-36 No. 481 in front of the Durango roundhouse on a pleasant October 15, 2014. After a busy tourist seas... (more)

Rio Grande K-37 No. 491 pulls past Consolidation No. 40 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden on November 21, 2014. No. 491 is a narrow gauge 2-8-2 that was converted from a standard gauge 2-8... (more)