K-36 Class 480 and K-28 Class 473 exchange duties at Silverton Wye after running North from Durango with train 463. Engine 473 will take the train home, while 480 will run light engine back down t... (more)

Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls

Burning a clean stack under the watchful eye of a great fireman, Durango and Silverton 480 rounds one of the final bends of the famed Silverton Branch... (more)

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)

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

A dusting of snow still coats the mountainsides and riverbanks leading into Silverton from a late autumn storm as 480 leads one of the final trains of the season into Silverton.

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

D&SNG No. 480 crosses the Animas River on a 242-foot timber trestle dating from 1910-1920. In 2021-2022 this bridge, which has given over 100 years of service, will be replaced with a new one at ... (more)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge engine #480 (2-8-2) gets a cleaning by the crewman who is sweeping soot off the engine before heading back to Durango.

DSNG 480 leads the Silverton Steam train back into Durango

DSNG 480 leads its train over the Animas River and into downtown Durango after it's daily run to Silverton.

DSNG 480 leads its train out of Rockwood and back towards Durango after it's daily run to Silverton.

DSNG 480 leads the 9AM excursion across the Animas River and out of downtown Durango, CO on a sunny, summer morning.

The 9:00 AM Train out of Durango heads north over the Animas river towards Silverton

It was recently announced that the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will begin trips again between Durango and Silverton. If you are ever in SW Colorado, stopping in Durango to see the o... (more)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s second Silverton train 463 works upgrade along the Animas River west (north) of Cascade, Colorado, on the morning of August 31, 2006.