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.

A cold brisk morning in Silverton, CO on October 25, 2025 greets the Durango and Silverton train crew as #480 couples up to her mixed train for a day of narrow gauge railroading. This was taken on... (more)

D&RGW K-36 #480 hustles by a pond near the Colorado Trail (Milepost 491.25) on October 25, 2025 with her mixed train bound for Durango, CO. #480 and her sister K-36 locomotives turn 100 years old ... (more)

D&RGW K-36 #480 hustles through "New Curve" just outside of Silverton, CO on October 24, 2025 with its mixed train. The powerful Animas River flows just off the right of way of the forme... (more)

D&RGW #480 powers past Needleton Tank on the Silverton Branch on October 25, 2025. While no longer in service this water stop used to serve countless trains to and from Silverton, CO during the op... (more)

D&RGW #480 leads her mixed train south on the Silverton Branch near "Goblin Fire" on October 25, 2025. This photo was taken as part of the Durango and Silverton's K-36 100th anniversary ... (more)

D&RGW K-36 #480 hustles north to Silverton, CO on October 24, 2025 with her mixed train at Cement Wall. As one of the most dramatic locations for photography on the Silverton Branch, Cement Wall o... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #480, the first in a series of ten narrow gauge heavy duty Mikados built in 1925, heads north to Silverton, CO on October 24, 2025 with her mixed train. This location o... (more)