Rumors of my demise were greatly exaggerated Under skies threatening of rain (please, send a lot to the southwest!), Durango and Silverton 480 makes its way home with a clean sta... (more)
An early morning passenger train to Silverton is getting prepared at the Durango station.
A special train arrives at Silverton in the late evening
With an emphasis on the *narrow* part of its name, The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's Cascade Canyon Express eases along the shelf track hundreds of feet above the Animas River along ... (more)
The Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express snakes along the snow banks of the Animas River just below Tank Creek.
The Durango & Silverton's iconic highline is coated in fresh snow as coal burner #481 rounds the horseshoe curve on its return trip from Cascade Canyon.
"Generations’ Durango and Silverton locomotives 482 and former White Pass & Yukon DL535 number 101 meet at Cascade Wye
"The Fireman"
"The Conductor" Durango and Silverton Conductor Russell Heerdt looks back as his train is repositioned for a photo runby.
Durango & Silverton coal burner #481 blows down as it rounds the iconic horseshoe curve in the late afternoon light.
As light hits the water vapor hanging in the air from Durango & Silverton #481's blowdown, a rainbow forms briefly over the Animas River.
"The Last One (?) Durango and Silverton's lone remaining operable coal burner takes on some more of the fuel on what quickly became a frigid February night. As of 2022, t... (more)
Durango & Silverton #481 rounds the horseshoe curve on the railroad's iconic highline as seen from the caboose.
Goodnight, Durango
Durango & Silverton #481 passes underneath Pigeon and Turret Peak as it steams south along the Animas River.
