The morning Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge tourist train pulls into its terminus in Silverton after a long trip from Durango.

Curving along the Animas River the D&RGW's High Line is certainly not for the faint hearted. Here at a location called The Needles, D&RGW K-28 Mikados #473 and #476 continue north to Silverton, Co... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 bark along Cement Wall deep within the Animas River Canyon outside of Durango, Colorado on October 16, 2023. #473 and #476 saw extensive use on freight train service from Salid... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #473 and #476 thunder ahead at Goblin's Fire on the Silverton Branch on October 16, 2023. Built in 1923 by the American Locomotive Company, the K-28 locomotives, also k... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard near Elk Park, deep within the Animas River Canyon, bringing their mixed train into the siding on October 16, 2023. Here the D&S sponsored photo special will await th... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle through Whitehead Gulch on October 16, 2023 pulling the daily Silverton Mixed. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures in Colorado for the Fall season, peak fall foliag... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard outside of Rockwood, CO pulling the daily Silverton Mixed on October 16, 2023. This was taken as part of a Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad two day photo s... (more)

Curving up and around the privately owned and man-made Shalona Lake just south of Rockwood is train 463 with K-28 473 and K-37 493 leading the final push up to their station stop.

Doubleheaded train 463 crosses over US 550 and begins its assault on Hermosa Hill, with both firemen getting in position to sand the flues of the locomotives for the first time of the day.

Train 463 to Silverton is 10 miles into their 45-mile journey to Silverton as they pass the decommissioned wooden DRGW water tank at Hermosa. It was general practice to space these tanks every 10 ... (more)

D&RGW 473 storms through Granite Point and towards Rockwood, CO 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 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)

Riding in the cupola of the 0540 caboose as the first mixed train with a mid train helper to traverse the Silverton Branch since 1958 meet the sight of Pigeon and Turret Peaks on their way northbo... (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.