Durango and Silverton 480 passes through the golden leaves in the famous mining town of the railroad's namesake. 480 also hold the distinction of being the first of the iconic K-36 Class locomotiv... (more)

The Parker Place Apartments gleam in the morning sun as Amtrak's Valley Flyer train 461 pulls into Wallingford station.

D&SNG Alco DL-535E 107, ex-White Pass 107, powers the first Silverton Train of the day north. If you want to know why D&SNG is using diesels and oil burning steam locomotives, look at the fire-da... (more)

D&SNG Alco DL-535E 107 rumbles past the siding at Home Ranch just a few miles outside of Durango.

Ex-White Pass Alco DL-535E 107 has the first train to Silverton almost into Rockwood as it works its way upgrade from Hermosa.

Not-yet-repainted ex-White Pass Alco DL-535E 107 accelerates out of Hermosa, Colorado, heading for Silverton. Train 461, the 0800 train out of Durango, is currently powered by a diesel locomotive... (more)

Amtrak 461 the Valley Flyer, departs Wallingford station on a balmy 20-degree morning. The Valley Flyer service runs between Greenfield, MA and New Haven, CT, with 12 intermediate station stops. A... (more)

Shuttle 461, with a freshly painted cab car roof and nose, departs Wallingford station.

Shuttle 461 departs Wallingford. The train makes a connection with Northeast Regional 161 at New Haven Union Station.

45 miles thru the Animas Canyon.... Dwarfed by the towering cliffs above, Train 461 - "The Silverton" winds her way along the Rio de las Animas Perdidas, just south of the Needlet... (more)

Up on the Roof. That's a bit how I felt the first time I looked through my lens from this position. From a vantage point roughly 100 feet above the old D&RG High Line, and nearly 500 feet ... (more)

Time to go to work. For most of the 11-mile journey from Durango to Hermosa, the Firemen on the Silverton Trains can take it easy. Running on nearly flat country, the big K-36s are loafing... (more)

Goooood Morning Durango!. DSNG Locomotive 482, with Engineer Mike Nichols on the throttle, leads the 8:30 AM Silverton Train across the Animas River in Downtown Durango on a sunny August mo... (more)