After turning her train on the wye, 486 backs into town to reboard passengers. With 3-4 daily trains into Silverton's limited yard space, the daily dance of turning trains is fascinating to watch.

Crossing the Animas southbound. Departing Silverton for Durango, our Silverton Mixed Train crosses the Animas for the first of 7 times, seen here on the timber bridge at MP 495.25, just a m... (more)

Silverton under the stars. It's a shame that Winston Link never made it out to the Colorado Narrow Gauge. His flashbulb-lit scenes in the high country might have looked a bit like this. ... (more)

The last Animas crossing. As she leaves the Animas Gorge and enters Silverton, our Mixed Train crosses the Animas one last time on the timber bridge at MP 495.25. This is always a great ph... (more)

"And by the time you get your hide past the Snowshed Slide.... You've had a ride on the Silverton, The Silverton Train." Those words penned over 4 decades ago by William Dale Fries, Jr. (a... (more)

Durango & Silverton 480 gets a thorough check prior to picking up passengers in Silverton for the ride back to Durango.

Baldwin K-36 No. 486 with the first section of todays trains from Durango to Silverton simmers while the passengers explore Silverton. The second section has backed into the station and has unlo... (more)

In The Hall Of The Mountain Kings. Eureka and Palisade #4, "The Eureka" glides northward over the Animas River though Elk Park. Usually, this valley is dominated by the Eureka's younge... (more)

Leaving Silverton, Baldwin k-28 leads the first section of the days trains back to Durango along the Animas River.

On August 13, 2015, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad ran a double header to Silverton, Colorado, pulled by road engine K-36 No. 486 and helper K-28 No. 473. After arriving at Silverton an... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #473, a K-28 Mikado built in 1923 makes a stunning sight as she steams across the Animas River with a mixed train. Autumn has just started to turn into winter in Silver... (more)

On a cold fall morning, well before the sun has found the valley floor, the 473 sits outside the former DRGW station in Silverton. In an hour or so it would head a chartered mixed train back to D... (more)

D&S K-28 #473 heads a railroad-sponsored photographers' special through Animas Canyon at the peak of the colorful autumn leaves

The first dusting of snow highlights the fall colors as No. 482 crosses the Timber Bridge over the Animas River. The bridge is relatively unchanged in appearance while being structurally maintain... (more)

With the first snow of Autumn on the mountains, D&SNG Baldwin K-36 No. 486 leads the first section of todays excursion trains out of Silverton and back to Durango. The second section is turning on... (more)