Evening departure at Cumbres Pass. The last rays of sun poke through the clouds as a Denver & Rio Grande Western Freight eases out of Cumbres Station on the westbound run to Chama, and late... (more)

In the snowshed at Cumbres Pass. Denver & Rio Grande Western #485 sits with her freight on a snowshed-covered leg of the Cumbres Pass Wye waiting for traffic to pass. For pretty obvious r... (more)

Steamscape - Tanglefoot Curve. Denver & Rio Grande Western #485 works upgrade westbound on Tanglefoot Curve with an afternoon freight bound for Cumbres Pass and Chama. For the first day o... (more)

Steamscape: Cascade Trestle. A Denver & Rio Grande Western freight charges across Cascade Trestle on a sunny September afternoon hauling cattle and freight westbound toward Cumbres Pass. T... (more)

Greetings from Color-ado! The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's annual Fall Photo Special drifts southbound across the concrete and steel trestle at Elk Park on a gorgeous fall mo... (more)

Steamscape: Lobato Trestle. The crew of DRGW 488 opens both firebox blow-down valves as they take their Chama-bound passenger train across the legendary Lobato Trestle on a warm August afte... (more)

Time to go to work. For most of the 11-mile journey from Durango to Hermosa, the Firemen on the Silverton Trains can take it easy. Running on nearly flat country, the big K-36s are loafing... (more)

Goooood Morning Durango!. DSNG Locomotive 482, with Engineer Mike Nichols on the throttle, leads the 8:30 AM Silverton Train across the Animas River in Downtown Durango on a sunny August mo... (more)

The D&RGW on parade. Denver & Rio Grande Western Consolidation #315 brings her period passenger consist into the Durango Yard during the 2010 Railfest "Parade of Trains". During a 30 minu... (more)

Evening arrival in Silverton. The Durango Railroad Historical Society's restored C-18 Class Consolidation #315 comes out of the shadows of the Animas Canyon and enters the evening light in ... (more)

Steamscape: Los Pinos Horseshoe Curve. The daily train from Antonito, CO to Chama, NM rounds the horseshoe curve at the north end of the Los Pinos Valley on its slow climb to Cumbres Pass. ... (more)

Eastbound for Durango. A 1930s-era D&RGW Passenger Train eases her way through a rather snug rock cut as she runs the last few tenths of a mile toward Rockwood Station. Although this trai... (more)

Steamscape: Whitehead Gulch. An Alco K-28 "Sports Model" takes the curve at Whitehead Gulch as she hauls one of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's annual Fall Photo Specials no... (more)

Silverton Mixed. A D&RGW Mixed Train drifts south along the Animas River en route from Silverton to Durango. The train is about a mile north of the Needleton Tank and is crossing the site... (more)

The boss is in. A D&S K-28 Locomotive pulls a short varnish train off the loop track and into the Durango Depot area to kick off the 2010 Railfest "Parade of Trains". On board their priva... (more)