DSNG 486 arriving in Durango after a New Years Eve trip to Cascade Canyon
Crossing the Animas. Although the morning sunlight is already bathing the western walls of the Animas Canyon, the bottom of the gorge is still in shadow as the first of the Silverton Trains... (more)
The first southbound of the day nears Durango as it passes through the countryside south of Hermosa.
Durango & Silverton’s Presidential special is operated during the late summer Railfest activities. For the 2005 version, the railroad renumbered Mikado 478 to a long-scrapped sister engine, No. ... (more)
481 boards passengers at the depot while two more locomotives gets ready for a run later in the morning.
The southbound winter train is just minutes away from the Durango Depot as it crosses the Animas River for the last time.
The southbound winter train nears Home Ranch as it heads south for Durango.
Durango & Silverton 480 leads its southbound train back toward Durango as seen from parallel Highway 550 in the late afternoon sun.
High above the Animas River and edging along the High Line west (north) of Rockwood, Colorado, narrow gauge Mikato No. 473 is taking the Silverton Train home to Durango on the afternoon of August ... (more)
A Durango and Silverton mixed freight treads slowly along the steep cliffs high above the Animas River east (south) near Rockwood, Colorado, on August 24, 2005. Outside-frame Mikato 2-8-2 No. 473 ... (more)
Fireman Mike May puts on some finishing touches to the 473 before departure during a photographers special back in May of 2009
K-36 #481 crosses the Animas River on The "High Bridge" South of Tacoma
Conductor Mike May has a job briefing with his engineer during a night photo session in the Durango Yard.
Crew Photo, Durango & Silverton Railroad, 2010.
When a K37 ran on the Silverton line. Later it was traded to the Cumbres and Toltec where it had trouble staying on the rails.