Durango & Silverton 493 hustles through the Animas River Valley on a cool August morning.

"The Profile of a Workhorse" - Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 #480 - October 25, 2025

The engineer of D&RGW K-36 #480 opens the blowdown valve on his side of the narrow gauge Mikado removing dissolved solids and impurities from the inferior most portion of the boiler on October 24,... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 #480 shuffles across the High Bridge at milepost 471.23 on the Silverton Branch of the former D&RGW, now Durango and Silverton, on October 25, 2025. This was taken... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western 487 leads its passenger train up the 4% grade at Windy Point on a beautiful August afternoon.

Denver & Rio Grande Western 487 works hard through The Narrows with its freight train on a sunny summer morning.

Denver & Rio Grande Western 488 and 484 storm upgrade at the Second Highway Crossing with the morning Cumbres Turn.

DRGW 346 in the Snow Always nice to catch up with DRGW 346 on a nice day at the Museum.

Durango & Silverton 473 and 480 cross the Animas River for the first time on their journey as they hustle out of Durango on a sunny spring morning.

Durango & Silverton 480 leads its mixed train around a sharp curve through one of the rock cuts near Rockwood.

The steam locomotive K-36 489 arrives at the final station Chama in the late afternoon with the passenger train from Antonito. The steam locomotive K-36 489, built in 1925 at Baldwin Locomotive ... (more)

Tefft Tonight!

Amidst the inky depths of Animas Canyon, situated in close proximity to Purgatory Ski Area, the Durango and Silverton Railway’s historic K-28 locomotive, #473... (more)

Take on some water at the Needleton Tank... After a water stop in the Animas wilderness at Needleton Tank (MP 484.4), Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 #477 begins to accelerate her mixed tr... (more)

Crossing the Rio de los Pinos. A Rio Grande freight rumbles across the timber trestle that spans the Rio de los Pinos at Milepost 324.52, as it works north in the valley named for this rive... (more)

Pickin' up the herd. The fall stock rush is in full swing as a Rio Grande freight out of Durango, CO takes the siding at the Chama stock pens to pick up a local rancher's herd for a trip to... (more)