Durango & Silverton 476 charges up the steep grade at Cataract Gulch as it nears Silverton with its passenger train.

Durango & Silverton 480 slowly rounds a curve through one of the rock cuts at Rockwood with its mixed train.

Durango & Silverton 493 sits on the Durango Turntable on a cool May night.

Durango & Silverton 476 crosses the Animas River Bridge as it departs Durango wearing a diamond stack and box headlight on an extra train to Silverton.

Durango & Silverton 480 rounds the horseshoe curve on The Highline with its mixed train on a sunny May afternoon.

Durango & Silverton 480 emerges from one of the many rock cuts at Rockwood with its passenger train as it returns to Durango.

Durango & Silverton 473 and 480 start the steep climb up Hermosa Hill on a sunny May morning.

The engineer leans out the window and receives a blast of chilly September air to the face as he rounds the final bend before the US Rt 50 bridge.

Durango & Silverton 480 crosses the Animas River one last time as it rolls back into Durango on a warm May evening.

Of all the natural beauty found in Colorado, Shalona Lake is not one of those... Natural that is. On their southbound run back to Durango, train 464 swoops above the privately owned and man-made l... (more)

In a boisterous thundering of smoke and power, K-36 480 shows off for the photographers of Dak Dillon's photo train at the famed cement wall just south of Cascade Canyon.

DSNG K-36 480 and K-37 493 peek at their reflections outside the Durango roundhouse as the night ticks away.

Durango & Silverton 480 negotiates the tight curves of the Highline with its mixed train early in the morning.

Top to Bottom from Left to Right: Matt Cunningham, Kylah Breeden, Dak Dillon, Russell Heerdt, and Joe Weigman pose with Durango & Silverton 480 in one of the rock cuts at Rockwood near the end of ... (more)

The Reverse Cement Wall

After nearly a decade of shooting Cement Wall from its northern end, the last time I shot it was the Eureka and Palisade #4 in 2012. I finally got some... (more)