Snow Day

On a cold, snowy morning, Durango And Silverton #482 takes train 261, the Cascade Canyon Express out of downtown Durango during a snow squall.

On the 13th of December 2006 I found myself driving across the Navajo Nation to Durango. I was bored, I worked at the time for the Grand Canyon Railway and wanted to get away. I shot this profile ... (more)

Heavy winter snow coats the forest deep in the Animas Canyon as the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express steams back towards Durango.

Horses board a special train headed into the Animas Canyon for a shoot with famed Scottish photographer David Yarrow.

The magic of Christmas is still in the air as 481 (still in its Polar Express lettering) leads a Durango & Silverton doubleheader into Rockwood on a snowy late December morning.

Fresh snow falls near the Hermosa tank as 481 begins the climb to Rockwood with the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express.

The red rocks of the Animas Valley offer a stark contrast to the blue skies and white snow as #481 hauls the Cascade Canyon Express back to Durango.

Durango & Silverton #493 steams along the Animas on a frigid winter morning.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s Cascade train is about to cross 15th Street in Durango, Colorado, on the morning of August 30, 2021. Former Rio Grande K-28 No. 473 pulls the train th... (more)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s two new MP2000NG diesel locomotives still sit, sans trucks, near the Durango, Colorado, roundhouse on August 30, 2021. These locomotives were acquired... (more)

Several ongoing projects sit on the floor of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s machine shop in Durango, Colorado, on August 30, 2021. An all-steel passenger truck is being fabricated i... (more)

Heavy snow falls as 493 takes on water at Tank Creek ahead of the rest of the Cascade Canyon Express, which which will arrive shortly behind it before continuing on as a doubleheader.

A fresh layer of snow coats the Animas Canyon as #481 leads the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express along the stunning highline.

Southern Pacific three-foot narrow gauge 4-6-0 No. 18 rests in the Durango, Colorado, roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad on August 30, 2021. The Mogul is being leased for ... (more)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Alco DL535 No. 101 rests in the afternoon sun near the roundhouse in Durango, Colorado, on August 30, 2021. The D&SNG purchased four of these six-axle Alc... (more)