Granite Point

As part of the Durango and Silverton's 100th Anniversary of The K-28 Class, 473 and 476 were backdated to their 1950's appearance, and for the first time since t... (more)

D&RGW 473 storms through Granite Point with a long mixed train. Sister K-28 locomotive #476 is working as a mid-train helper to move this large fifteen car train upgrade to Silverton. This was a r... (more)

Now it's 400 Feet Straight Down*

Easing around the famed Horseshoe Curve on the Denver and Rio Grande Western's Silverton Branch we catch K37 493 rounding out the bend from Roc... (more)

Peak autumn colors have hit the San Juans as Durango & Silverton #476 steams through Elk Park in Rio Grande lettering for the K-28s' 100th anniversary.

Just a few days after its 100th birthday, Durango & Silverton #473 heads for Silverton along the world famous Highline painted up in its original Rio Grande lettering.

Durango & Silverton #476 traverses the highline in Rio Grande lettering as part of the K-28's 100th anniversary celebration.

The first of four today's four steam trains to Silverton climbs up above Shalona Lake and into Rockwood.

D&SNGRR #480 leads a string of hoppers on a test run to Silverton.

That Iconic Face

Hated by a few, but loved by many, the iconic 1970's dress of the Denver and Rio Grande Western's K-28 fleet of the Silverton Branch is on display here in 2023... (more)

While being serviced on the afternoon of August 30, 2021, after taking a train to Cascade and back, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s K-28 2-8-2 No. 473 rotates on the turntable at Dur... (more)

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear

It's 1973, and the Denver and Rio Grande Western is running over the the high line on the Silverton Branch. The K-28 476 is leadin... (more)

Locomotives galore gather around the turntable of the Durango roundhouse. The last coal burner, 481, simmers outside next to a 70s deco 476. 482 and 480 flank both sides of the frame as they under... (more)

As the stars rise in the newfound darkness of yet another chilly night, the roundhouse crew of the Durango & Silverton create some warmth as they drop the ashes of the last coal-burning steam loco... (more)

Durango & Silverton Class K-28 473 simmers away in the roundhouse, awaiting to be assigned to train 261 the next day.

D&S 107 pulls ahead to start switching out the next days 461, which it'll pull. One of the signs of the changing times on the D&S the last several years has been the introduction of road diesels-e... (more)