Every once in a while, one only needs to squint to see the past in Durango. And in October of 2023 looking into the canyon took us to the 1950's where we found 476 leading a mixed train led by 47... (more)
"Junior's Kitchen": D&RGW #476 hustles south at Junior's Kitchen with her small freight train in route for Durango, CO on October 17, 2023.
Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 #476 marches along the High Line at Granite Point on October 16, 2023 as she works hard to help a mixed train north to Silverton, Colorado. With new valve rings an... (more)
That Iconic Face Hated by a few, but loved by many, the iconic 1970's dress of the Denver and Rio Grande Western's K-28 fleet of the Silverton Branch is on display here in 2023... (more)
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear It's 1973, and the Denver and Rio Grande Western is running over the the high line on the Silverton Branch. The K-28 476 is leadin... (more)
That 70's Show A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train heads south over 'Twin Bridges', a 1960's era realignment on the Silverton Branch when... (more)
Pickup for Silverton... A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train is guided to an easy stop by Brakeman Nick Battelo giving the hand signs to t... (more)
Up From Durango… A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train makes its way through Needleton on its way to Silverton on a beautiful October day
The two K-28 passenger engines had been serviced after arriving from Silverton earlier on two sections.
The Silverton, in 1967, departing Durango which was still connected by rail to the rest of the country. The Rio Grande was the last class 1 railroad with regularly scheduled steam powered passenge... (more)
