With the sun setting on the D&RGW High Line, K-36 #480 stomps across Horseshoe Curve on October 25, 2025 hauling her mixed train south to Durango, CO after departing Silverton early that morning.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western's Silverton Branch and included "High Line" is some of the most spectacular railroading in any part of the Continental U.S. Characterized by rugged rock f... (more)

With the Animas River raging below, D&RGW K-36 #480 stomps across the High Bridge north of Durango, CO on October 25, 2025 as she pulls her mixed train south after leaving Silverton that morning.

D&RGW K-36 #480 heads south at Teft Bridge at milepost 477.8 on October 25, 2025 leading a mixed train for Durango, CO.

D&RGW K-36 #480 heads north for Silverton, CO on October 24, 2025 at "New Curve" or milepost 492.6.

The crew and staff of the Durango and Silverton K-36 100th anniversary fall photo charter smile for the cameras at Needleton Tank on October 25, 2025. Thanks to these fine folks steam preservation... (more)

The sparkling baby blue water of the Animas River flows south on October 25, 2025 as D&RGW K-36 #480 hustles south for Durango, CO with a mixed train. Taken near the Colorado Trail #480 looks righ... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 #480 puts on a show as it races across the Animas Bridge with its mixed train at mile post 495.25 on October 25, 2025. The bridge in the foreground is the original... (more)

D&RGW K-36 #480 heads south out of Silverton, CO on October 25, 2025 as morning light illuminates the rocky mountains to the north.

"Derelict but far from Dead": D&RGW K-36 #480 waits to wye her train near Silverton, CO on October 25, 2025. Nearby original D&RGW boxcars and cattle cars remain harkening back to the da... (more)

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

A light gray stack indicates the fireman of D&RGW K-36 #480 has the fire dialed in as the narrow gauge Mikado works hard at "New Curve", just south of Silverton, CO on October 24, 2025.

The Animas River rages beneath the photographer's feet as D&RGW K-36 #480 stomps north to Silverton, CO on October 24, 2025 with her mixed train. This was taken as part of the Durango and Silverto... (more)

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)

"Volanic": D&RGW K-36 stomps around the Silverton Branch's High Line on October 24, 2025. Hauling a mixed train north to Silverton, CO #480 is performing a job that has been done for ove... (more)