"Generations’

Durango and Silverton locomotives 482 and former White Pass & Yukon DL535 number 101 meet at Cascade Wye

"The Fireman"

"The Conductor"

Durango and Silverton Conductor Russell Heerdt looks back as his train is repositioned for a photo runby.

"The Last One (?)

Durango and Silverton's lone remaining operable coal burner takes on some more of the fuel on what quickly became a frigid February night. As of 2022, t... (more)

"And There Goes The Last DJ..."

On a somewhat warm day in late February 2022, Durango and Silverton 481 heads north along "Cement Wall". As of 2022, this locomotive is the onl... (more)

Yukon South

On a cold, overcast morning, Durango And Silverton #107, still in its 'as built' White Pass and Yukon DL535E does what it was built to do... Well at least one thing... (more)

Snow Day

On a cold, snowy morning, Durango And Silverton #482 takes train 261, the Cascade Canyon Express out of downtown Durango during a snow squall.

On the 13th of December 2006 I found myself driving across the Navajo Nation to Durango. I was bored, I worked at the time for the Grand Canyon Railway and wanted to get away. I shot this profile ... (more)

Stranger in a Strange Land

Southern Pacific's "Slim Princess", 4-6-0 No.18 leads the Second Silverton Train into Rockwood Colorado as the helper. The trains are just... (more)

Neither Trick, Nor Treat

On the 31st of October 2021, I got off this train to find someone had found in the BNSF General Orders that the famed pair of signals at MP 706 on the ... (more)

That Long Way Down...

High Lonesome Mixed

The brisk fall morning breaks over Colorado's San Luis Valley near 1920 as a mixed train on the Denver and Rio Grande makes its way out of Antonito, Colorad... (more)

Cotton Candy Skies

The brisk fall morning breaks over Colorado's San Luis Valley in the late 1800's as the daily train on the Denver and Rio Grande makes its way from Denver vi... (more)

Another Harbinger

Another sign of the future of narrow gauge railroading in the intermountain west as Cumbres and Toltec #489 departs Antonito on a cloudless August day. The c... (more)