Looking down on SP 18 from the old Animas Toll Road that connected Durango and Silverton in the days before the D&RGW's arrival.

SP 18 rounds the curve at Goblin Fire as low clouds swallow the towering peaks of the San Juans behind it.

The autumn leaves were in their glory as SP 18 led a fall photographer's special on the Durango & Silverton.

Three railroads for the price of one: Durango & Silverton 493 puts on a show as it steams past SP 18 and Goose #5 on the Elk Park wye.

A dusting of snow still coats the mountainsides and riverbanks leading into Silverton from a late autumn storm as 480 leads one of the final trains of the season into Silverton.

Pops of color light up the Animas River Canyon as 473 crosses the high bridge back to Durango.

The last Silverton train of the year rolls northward through the Animas Valley on its way out of Durango.

The last leaves of autumn still cling to the trees in the Animas River Valley long after the aspen are bare up at the higher elevations around Silverton.

An early autumn snow coats the ground as one of the Durango & Silverton's last trains of the season hugs the banks of the Animas River on its final approach to Silverton.

D&SNG No. 480 crosses the Animas River on a 242-foot timber trestle dating from 1910-1920. In 2021-2022 this bridge, which has given over 100 years of service, will be replaced with a new one at ... (more)

My favorite K-36 on the D&SNG, No. 481, is upgrade at Hermosa with a nine-car train headed to Silverton. This locomotive has been operating on the D&SNG since 1981 and was the first K-36 reach Si... (more)

Doubleheaded K-28s stomp upgrade near Rockwood, Colorado, during the short time in 2018 that the railroad was able to run all the way from Durango to Silverton following the June 2018 fire. A mud... (more)

The summer of 2018 was a difficult one for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. First a fire in June near Durango shuttered the railroad, and then a mudslide in July stranded two trains... (more)

The fall colors have reached their peak in the Animas River Canyon as 493 steams past a stunning stand of Aspen on its way to Silverton.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge engine #480 (2-8-2) gets a cleaning by the crewman who is sweeping soot off the engine before heading back to Durango.