Durango & Silverton 473 leads a full train of passengers around the highline horseshoe just north of Rockwood. The locomotive has just done a blow down causing a rainbow to appear next to the trai... (more)

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge train No. 461 crawls along the High Line north (timetable west) of Rockwood, Colorado, on the morning of August 14, 2015.

D&SNGRR #481 passes through Rockwood shortly before entering the Hi-Line and the Animas River Canyon.

Back on the High Line. DRGW 473, an Alco K-28 Locomotive built in 1923, is seen here hauling her Silverton Mixed Train southbound around the High Line Horseshoe Curve, some 400 ft above the... (more)

On the High Line. Under a long-standing slow order, DRGW K-28 #473 takes her Silverton Mixed around the High Line Horseshoe Curve at MP 469.5.

The train pictured here is a reasonably au... (more)

Entering the High Line. DRGW 473, a K-28 "Sports Model" takes a Silverton Mixed Train north out of a deep rock cut and onto the High Line above the Animas River Gorge on a pretty fall morni... (more)

Top Ten of 2016. With 2016 in the books, here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from the past year.
2. The main reason for the trip to Colorado was to attend a two-... (more)

Mikado K-36 No. 486 leads a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train along the cliffs above Shalona Lake near Rockwood, Colorado, on August 25, 2006.

A northbound (westbound) Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge passenger train scales along the cliffs of the High Line near Rockwood, Colorado, in July 1982. When riding the train, all eyes are usuall... (more)

A southbound (eastbound) Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge train slowly works its way on the High Line along the cliffs above the Animas River approaching Rockwood, Colorado, on August 22, 2003. ... (more)

D&SNG k-36 No. 486 clears sediment from the boiler as it rolls along the iconic Hi Line.

The D&SNG Hi Line with k-36 No. 486 pulling.

D&S 486 has reached the top of the long 2.5% grade from Hermosa as it nears Rockwood. The train is traversing the "Mini Highline" above Elbert Creek and Shalona Lake.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad extra 473 heads toward Rockwood, Colorado, on the famous High Line, 400 feet above the Animas River on August 14, 2015. This train was operated from Dur... (more)