Durango & Silverton 480 works hard through the Rockwood Cut on a sunny May day.

Durango & Silverton 473 and 480 race past the reflecting pond at Trimble on a sunny May morning.

Durango & Silverton 473 and 480 hustle through the Animas River Valley at Home Ranch on a sunny spring morning.

The Midnight Oil

It's a relatively balmy February in the southern Rockies as the D&SNG's Scott Kennedy oils around K-36 #482 on the Durango Platform. As part of the Durango an... (more)

Durango & Silverton 480 leads its mixed train around a sharp curve through one of the rock cuts near Rockwood.

An eastbound train returning to town.

Durango & Silverton 473 and 480 work hard upgrade at Cataract Falls on a sunny May day.

Extra 473 North with K-28 476 as a mid-train helper shoves back for another photo runby at Whitehead Gluch, just a few miles south of Silverton, Colo. This was the photo train to celebrate the 100... (more)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train 462 is at the end of the Highline and will arrive in Rokwood shortly. Diesel locomotive DL-535E 106, built by ALCO in 1969 for the White Pass and Yu... (more)

Shortly after the passenger train DSNG 463 has passed by, the Speeder 333 follows towards Silveeton.

Steam locomotive K-37 493 has just left Rockwood with train DSNG 463 heading for Silverton. The class K-37 steam locomotive was built in 1928 in the D&RGW Burnham Shops using retired standard gaug... (more)

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train 461 has just left Rokwood and will now travel the Highline towards Silverton. The diesel locomotive DL-535E 106, built in 1969 by ALCO for the W... (more)

After the steam locomotive K-36 480 helped the diesel locomotive DL-535E 106 with the train DSNG 461 from Hermosa to Rockwood, the diesel locomotive pulled the train on its own to Silverton. The... (more)

The train DSNG 461 from Durango to Silverton was hauled by the lead diesel locomotive DL-535E 106. Between Hermosa and Rockwood the steam locomotive K-36 480 was used as a helper.

The diesel locomotive DL-535E 101, acquired from the White Pass and Yukon Railway in 2020, is on the way to Silverton with train DSNG 461 near Hermosa.