Motorman inspecting RGS Goose #5.

DSNG 482 leads the first train of the day out of Durango towards Silverton on this rather cool morning in the Rockies.

D&S 481 waits for the signal to depart for Silverton.

A Valentines Day special approaches Trimble Road running through a very wintery Animas Valley on its way to Cascade on the day before Valentines Day 2010.

The 2014 Fall Photographer's Special, headed by D&RGW 473, exits the "High Line" portion of the track heading southbound for Durango. The consist features all premium cars painted in &qu... (more)

D&SNGRR 473 pulls the Fall Photographer's Train through Whitehead Gulch on the way to Silverton, CO. The consist was comprised of all "Tuscan Red" premium coaches, a departure from the b... (more)

In what almost looks like a scrapping operation, is really a Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad crew preparing a locomotive for an off-season overhaul. Machinists remove appliances and ot... (more)

Machinists remove appliances and other parts from Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge 2-8-2 K-36 No. 481 in front of the Durango roundhouse on a pleasant October 15, 2014. After a busy tourist seas... (more)

"Through the weeds not around them". That was a parody of the DRGW's old advertising slogan, "through the Rockies not around them", dreamed up by DRGW engineer Andy Payne, probably while running ... (more)

With the first snowfall of the year still fresh on the ground, southwestern Colorado looks beautiful under its new white blanket of snow. The south bound run from Cascade Canyon plods through the ... (more)

Replacing some ties on the reverse loop in the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s yard in Durango, Colorado, is Maintenance-of-Way gang Unit 870 on October 15, 2014.

Work preparing the former Rio Grande Mikados for another busy season has already begun at the Durango and Silverton’s roundhouse at Durango, Colorado, on October 15, 2014. On the right is “Spo... (more)

Durango & Silverton engine number 9, the 92-ton narrow gauge center cab diesel heads into the round house at Durango Colorado.

Leaving town on a gorgeous Friday morning.

Returning from Silverton, on the last few feet of its journey on a glorious August evening. Hard to tell that it was raining and chilly all morning!