TWO trains heading though the Cienega Creek Crossover, in this exposure. SouthWestRails.Com
Partly Cloudy evening in Vail, waiting for a train. SouthWestRails.Com
After one "normal" runby, the crew of the Photo special, showed off by exceding the speed limit (just a little) and blowing off the boiler, giving off a man made rainbow. Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RailroadLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USALocomotive #: 478Train ID: Extra 472 WestPhoto Date: September 25, 2005
Taken from the Colorado Trail Bridge over the Animas River. SouthWestRails.com
Servicing on the Silverton Wye SouthWestRails.com
A Result of a night photo session with Darel Crawford, he "painted" the locomtoive and depot using high powered flashlights. SouthWestRails.com
Extra "472" pulls the D&SNG Photo Special across the Animas River. SouthWestRails.com
Roaring up the Hermosa Valley, Train 462 heads north to Silverton Colorado SouthWestRails.com
Pulling out of the Shadow of the Strater Hotel, Train #462 Pulled by K-36 #482, leaves for Silverton. SouthWestRails.Com
Durango & Silverton 478, renumbered for the photo special as the fictional D&SNG 472, as the original D&RGW 472 was scrapped in 1945 after use in Alaska. S... (more)
On the Durango Ready Track. SouthWestRails.Com
Looking North, the 482 sits in the pre-dawn hours on the Ready Track, waiting to hook up to train # 462, and head to Silverton SouthWestRails.Com
From a unusual vantage point in the Durango Yard, the 481 is being preped on the ready track. SouthWestRails.Com
The train has finally climbed out of the Central Valley and reached Grass Lake Summit, below the northern flank of Majestic Mount Shasta. SouthWestRails.Co... (more)
Morning Rituals in Chama. SouthWestRails.Com
