DRGW 493 crosses the soon to be replaced Timber Bridge over the Animas

Southern Pacific 18, loaned out to Durango & Silverton this summer, pulls away from the Silverton depot in an impressive cloud of steam and smoke.

Misty Mountain Hop

The remnants of Tropical Storm / Hurricane Nora which had made its way up from Mexico and Arizona have reached the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The weath... (more)

A D&SNGRR train heads south out of Silverton, CO.

Alco prey.

Night shoot on the Trains Magazine Extra 493 with SP 18 charter

Road To The Multiverse

Evoking an alternate reality, Durango and Silverton masquerades as her former self enroute into Silverton. As a Rio Grande locomotive, the 493 never mad... (more)

Steamscape: Whitehead Gulch. One of the most challenging, yet spectacular photo locations on the old D&RGW Silverton Line is this little spot at MP 491.95, about 5 miles south of Silverton.... (more)

Low clouds and steady rain make for a dramatic scene as the Durango & Silverton's No. 473 enters one of several narrow rock cuts between the high line and Rockwood.

SP 18 leads a doubleheader with 493 as it snakes along the Animas River on its final approach to Silverton.

No. 480 emerges from the Animas Canyon on its first run to Silverton as an oil burner.

Our D&S Railfest special with the 315 and green painted passenger cars was slowly working its way north to Silverton when we stopped about MP 492 for several runpasts. Between being down in a dee... (more)

The fireman on Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad 2-8-2 No. 486 looks back at the train, waiting for a signal to back up their train after unloading passengers at Silverton, Colorado, on Oc... (more)

It was recently announced that the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will begin trips again between Durango and Silverton. If you are ever in SW Colorado, stopping in Durango to see the o... (more)

Bound for Durango. Just after 10 AM local time, our Mixed Train behind DRGW #473, departs Silverton and makes the first of 7 crossings of the Animas River, on its southbound (railroad east)... (more)