There Goes The Last DJ... The last hurrah for coal burning on the Durango and Silverton as K-36, #481 takes charge of the 2024 Winter Photographer's Train for what will be the ... (more)
Leased from the Eastern California Museum and used as a helper engine on double-headed trains, SP 18 returns light to Durango near Cascade Canyon.
The fresh paint of one of D&S' ex-White Pass Alcos contrasts with the stormy skies as train 462 crosses the Animas River just above Cascade Canyon, headed south for Durango.
As storm clouds gather in the distance, the Cascade Canyon Express departs its namesake terminus, headed home to Durango.
Cement Wall southbound. From up on the rocks above track level, we see our Silverton Mixed charging southbound around the curve at MP 476.5 at the location known as "Cement Wall."... (more)
There's a reason the Animas Valley is called a CANYON. A D&RGW Mixed Train hugs the steep east wall of the Animas Canyon as it works north toward Silverton on a sunny winter day. From Roc... (more)
On a crisp Colorado morning, Engineer John Hillier highballs through Cascade Canyon with locomotive #481, on train 461. The 8:15 "Silverton Mixed."
