With Pigeon and Turret Peaks in the background D&RGW K-28 #473 hustles south with a small passenger train in route for Durango, CO on October 17, 2023.

"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.

The Durango and Silverton crew who made the two-day K-28 photo special possible poses in front of D&RGW K-28 #473 on October 17, 2023 near Elk Park. Thanks to their hard work it was just another d... (more)

Repeating curves mark this location in the Animas River Canyon as D&RGW #473 and #476 race toward Silverton Colorado on October 16, 2023.

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 Sports Model #473 hustles by the Silverton Depot during a photo runby on October 17, 2023. This was taken as part of the D&S' K-28 100th Anniversary photo special.... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493, hauling the regular Silverton train south to Durango, passes the K-28 special mixed train on October 16, 2023 at Elk Park outside of Silverton, Colorado. Bri... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle by the powerplant at Tacoma on the Silverton Branch on October 16, 2023. Here the train will pause briefly once into the passing siding to clear the main for the daily S... (more)

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)

D&RGW #473 thunders north within the Animas River Canyon with her mixed train and sister K-28 #476 on the late afternoon of October 16, 2023. Behind her, the Colorado Rockies provide a majestic ba... (more)

"Thunder at Goblin Fire": D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard heading north to Silverton, CO pulling their mixed train on October 16, 2023. Amongst bright Aspen trees the sound here was specta... (more)

The morning Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge tourist train pulls into its terminus in Silverton after a long trip from Durango.

Curving along the Animas River the D&RGW's High Line is certainly not for the faint hearted. Here at a location called The Needles, D&RGW K-28 Mikados #473 and #476 continue north to Silverton, Co... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 bark along Cement Wall deep within the Animas River Canyon outside of Durango, Colorado on October 16, 2023. #473 and #476 saw extensive use on freight train service from Salid... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #473 and #476 thunder ahead at Goblin's Fire on the Silverton Branch on October 16, 2023. Built in 1923 by the American Locomotive Company, the K-28 locomotives, also k... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard near Elk Park, deep within the Animas River Canyon, bringing their mixed train into the siding on October 16, 2023. Here the D&S sponsored photo special will await th... (more)