Overnight in Silverton with the 473. I like to call this series of photos "18 Hours on the Narrow Gauge", as I worked an 18 hour shift that day. About a five minute exposure.
Overnight in Silverton with the 473. I like to call this series of photos "18 Hours on the Narrow Gauge", as I worked an 18 hour shift that day. About a three minute exposure.
478 runs its mixed train through Silverton station in crisp early morning light.
A mixed train for Durango crosses the trestle south of Silverton, with the abandoned Detroit mine visible to the left of the loco.
A mixed train heads cautiously down the High Line away from Rockwood during the SLST charter.
Ex D&RGW locomotive 473, fresh out of the shop, gets a good winter test as it bucks through wind drifts and small slides on its way to Cascade. Engineer Mike Nichols is ever vigilant as he has the... (more)
Number 478 makes a great show as it enters the Silverton station with a special freight train.
Number 478 makes a great show with his special freight train to Silverton.
The passenger train from Silverton to Durango passes the Needleton water tank.
The first rays of sun have just lifted over the mountain and are starting to melt a layer of overnight frost on Combine #213. The patches of melting frost give an almost posterized effect.
As the sun rises, #478 bring its train slowly up the short section of street running in Sliverton.
A runby featuring this very authentic-looking freight consist.
I was attracted by this vista of some of America's most beautiful scenery alongside the Animas River. K-28 #478 is about to commence a runby.
