While being serviced after taking a train to Cascade and back, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s K-28 2-8-2 No. 473 gets a spin on the turntable at Durango, Colorado, on the afternoon ... (more)

A northbound (timetable westbound) Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad passenger train has just crossed the Animas River while departing Durango, Colorado, on the morning of August 30, 2021.... (more)

The carmen at Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s car shop in Durango, Colorado, perform some truck work on open-air gondola No. 405 on August 30, 2021. The end of the car has been jacke... (more)

As the last days of autumn wind down, 473 leads a doubleheader to Silverton along the banks of the Animas River.

The final Silverton train of the season squeezes through the cuts at Rockwood on its return to Durango.

Looking down on SP 18 from the old Animas Toll Road that connected Durango and Silverton in the days before the D&RGW's arrival.

Pops of color light up the Animas River Canyon as 473 crosses the high bridge back to Durango.

The last Silverton train of the year rolls northward through the Animas Valley on its way out of Durango.

The last leaves of autumn still cling to the trees in the Animas River Valley long after the aspen are bare up at the higher elevations around Silverton.

SP 18 south with the burn scar from the Goblin Fire along with Pigeon & Turret Peak in the backdrop

Former Rio Grande K-36 Mikado No. 482 is getting an overhaul at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s roundhouse and shop at Durango, Colorado, on August 30, 2021. In the stall next to... (more)

D&SNG Alco DL-535E 107, ex-White Pass 107, powers the first Silverton Train of the day north. If you want to know why D&SNG is using diesels and oil burning steam locomotives, look at the fire-da... (more)

D&SNG Alco DL-535E 107 rumbles past the siding at Home Ranch just a few miles outside of Durango.

Ex-White Pass Alco DL-535E 107 has the first train to Silverton almost into Rockwood as it works its way upgrade from Hermosa.

Not-yet-repainted ex-White Pass Alco DL-535E 107 accelerates out of Hermosa, Colorado, heading for Silverton. Train 461, the 0800 train out of Durango, is currently powered by a diesel locomotive... (more)