With the rubber rabbitbrush in full bloom, Durango & Silverton K-28 #476 leads the 3rd. train of the day north out of Durango.

Durango & Silverton 476 hustles past Cataract Falls as it starts the return trip back to Durango.

Durango & Silverton 476 arrives in Durango late in the afternoon after completing its journey to Silverton.

Durango & Silverton 476 arrives back in Durango late in the evening after completing its 90-mile round-trip journey to Silverton.

The tall grass sways to the rhythm of the passing train as K-28 476 brings The Silverton home to Durango.

Train 463 with locomotives 476 and 473 pauses for water at the new Needleton Tank. However, the old wooden tank is still standing and visible midway through the train.

476 and 473 leads the train to silverton.

Durango & Silverton 476 charges up the steep grade at Cataract Gulch as it nears Silverton with its passenger train.

The engineer leans out the window and receives a blast of chilly September air to the face as he rounds the final bend before the US Rt 50 bridge.

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.

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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.