Climbing the grade bound for Silverton.
Climbing the grade bound for Sliverton.
Resting on the Colorado Trail, we watched a couple D&S trains go by just north of the Elk Creek stop. We then hiked back up out of the Animas River gorge to our cars at Molas Pass.
The late afternoon sun sends long shadows across the tracks bathing K-36 #486 in a yellow glow while it heads south towards Durango
486 is seen heading north at Hermosa, Co - 28/08/3007
The hostler waits to move 473 until the turntable operator lines up the correct track.
K-36 486 moves out for the first train of the day while 482 loads up with coal and waits for its turn.
Nighttime at the Durango Roundhouse, with 480 in the Service Bay, 482, and a friend from Long ago, Denver and Rio Grande Western 315 all in steam in Durango...
Night Session at the Durango Roundhouse
