DSNGRR 476 waiting for it's passenger to return.
Durango & Silverton #476 traverses the highline in Rio Grande lettering as part of the K-28's 100th anniversary celebration.
After a summer exploring angles of this line in the remote San Juans, I came to a simple conclusion for these high-angle shots: fly the drone, don't climb. This was an angle I scoped out over the ... (more)
Atop the famous rock overlooking Shalona Lake and the Silverton Branch, 476 snakes its way into Rockwood delivering a scene straight out of the late 20th century.
In a view cleared out by the 2012 "Goblin Fire", Extra 476 rolls by photographers at MP 480.5 with Pigeon and Turret Peaks standing 13,000 feet tall behind the train.
Fireman Kylah Breeden has just finished filling the tender of 476 with water at Tank Creek and lifts the groundwater-fed spout back into its resting position.
Durango & Silverton 476 threads the needle through a tight cut at Rockwood, returning home light after double heading with 473.
"Soaring above Shalona Lake" - Durango and Silverton 476 and 473 hug the cliff as they work upgrade past the beautiful Shalona Lake.
Unfortunately for those familiar with CW McCall's song "The Silverton Train," the Animas River Gorge only finds itself 230-ish feet from rail to river, as opposed to the 400-feet McCall ... (more)
Durango & Silverton 476 exits the Durango Yard Limit, crossing over the Animas River.
Durango & Silverton K-28 476 leads The Silverton over a curve at Lockes Mountain Road, just North of Hermosa.
Smoke fills the Valley as Durango & Silverton 476 and 473 navigate tight curves just South of Silverton, passing by the waterfall at Cataract Gulch.
The summer of 2018 was a difficult one for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. First a fire in June near Durango shuttered the railroad, and then a mudslide in July stranded two trains... (more)
The first day of spring brings a doubleheader on the Durango & Silverton, as 476 joins in to help the steep climb from Hermosa to Rockwood.
Blowdown at Sunrise
