Dusk arrival in Silverton. The sun has disappeared below the horizon but the evening twilight remains, at least for a few minutes, as Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 Locomotive #493 pulls ... (more)

Up from the canyon.... A little over a mile and a half from the end of track in Silverton, CO, D&RGW K-37 #493 emerges from the Animas Canyon, crossing the river of the same name for the fi... (more)

Northbound Silverton Mixed at Whitehead Gulch. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 #493 hauls her Silverton Mixed Train north past Whitehead Gulch (MP 491.95), some 5 miles from her ultimate d... (more)

A little early fall color at Needleton. When you mention fall color on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, everyone pictures golden groves of aspens on the hillsides. In this s... (more)

Milepost 480: Bubbling Rock. With the sun finally breaking through the early morning overcast, we catch a nicely lit view of the former D&RGW K-37 #493 charging north past Milepost 480 at a... (more)

On the High Bridge: Milepost 471.23. Here's a wide-angle view of the big K-37 #493 as she rumbles across the High Bridge over the Animas River (MP 471.23) with her Silverton mixed consist, ... (more)

Second Animas Crossing: The High Bridge. Here's a downstream view of the former D&RGW K-37 Locomotive #493, as she crosses the High Bridge at Tacoma (MP 471.23) northbound, with a Silverton... (more)

Stepping out on the High Line. Baldwin K-37 Locomotive #493 emerges from the rock cut at Milepost 469.4, beginning her trek across the famous High Line Horseshoe Curve, high above the Anima... (more)

On the shelf at Elbert Creek. Here's a wide view of Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 Locomotive #493, as she brings her Silverton Mixed consist across the rock shelf above Elbert Creek at a... (more)

On board of the D&RGW Zephyr after sunset

Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1902) runs freight around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

An empty eastbound coal train returns to the mine in Illinois to reload for the Labadie Power Plant in Missouri.

After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande manifest rumbles through Narrows, Utah.