Fresh snow falls near the Hermosa tank as 481 begins the climb to Rockwood with the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express.

The red rocks of the Animas Valley offer a stark contrast to the blue skies and white snow as #481 hauls the Cascade Canyon Express back to Durango.

Durango & Silverton #493 steams along the Animas on a frigid winter morning.

Heavy snow falls as 493 takes on water at Tank Creek ahead of the rest of the Cascade Canyon Express, which which will arrive shortly behind it before continuing on as a doubleheader.

A fresh layer of snow coats the Animas Canyon as #481 leads the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express along the stunning highline.

As the last days of autumn wind down, 473 leads a doubleheader to Silverton along the banks of the Animas River.

The final Silverton train of the season squeezes through the cuts at Rockwood on its return to Durango.

Looking down on SP 18 from the old Animas Toll Road that connected Durango and Silverton in the days before the D&RGW's arrival.

SP 18 rounds the curve at Goblin Fire as low clouds swallow the towering peaks of the San Juans behind it.

The autumn leaves were in their glory as SP 18 led a fall photographer's special on the Durango & Silverton.

Three railroads for the price of one: Durango & Silverton 493 puts on a show as it steams past SP 18 and Goose #5 on the Elk Park wye.

A dusting of snow still coats the mountainsides and riverbanks leading into Silverton from a late autumn storm as 480 leads one of the final trains of the season into Silverton.

Pops of color light up the Animas River Canyon as 473 crosses the high bridge back to Durango.

The last Silverton train of the year rolls northward through the Animas Valley on its way out of Durango.

The last leaves of autumn still cling to the trees in the Animas River Valley long after the aspen are bare up at the higher elevations around Silverton.