Knives Out

With the blades of the flanger deployed, Work Extra 476 becomes a knife to the fresh powder on this icy February morning. Earlier that morning, before the sun was e... (more)

Heading into Silverton. I shared this spot with a guy from Nottingham whose daughter worked in Silverton. A spring storm was heading for the muntains so I headed back to Durango very quickly after... (more)

We had great snow for the 2005 Durango & Silverton Winter Photographer's special. Almost too much in places. Fortunately the D&S crews have done a great job packing snow down at runby locations ... (more)

Basking in the spotlight at the Durango and Silverton’s Annual Photographers Special, K-37 493 makes her public debut as a D&SNG Locomotive.

This is the locomotive’s first weekend ... (more)

“A Tale of Fire and Ice”

High above the nearly frozen Rio De Las Animas Perdidas, Locomotive No. 493 of the Durango and Silverton Railroad makes her return to active service af... (more)

Durango and Silverton K37 493 is serviced ahead of the next days winter photo trip. Phot is taken at the sand and coaling dock

“Proud as a Peacock, and struttin’ Her Stuff”

Locomotive No. 493 of the Durango and Silverton Railroad makes her return to active service after fifty-two years this weekend, wi... (more)

The Harbinger Has Arrived

The Future is now as the first of Durango and Silverton’s Oil Fired Steam Locomotives, 493 is shown at the Durango Roundhouse, next to it K-28 473 is ... (more)

The first of two trains returns to Durango as the sun sets on a cool autumn evening.

Before it reaches the spectacular High Line section of its route, the Durango & Silverton skirts another narrow ledge on its approach to Rockwood.

The second train of the day pulls out of Silverton on its return trip to Durango on a crystal clear autumn afternoon.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s second Silverton train 463 works upgrade along the Animas River west (north) of Cascade, Colorado, on the morning of August 31, 2006.

Durango & Silverton Railroad #473 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive is prepped for the next day of duty in the D&S Durango Yard during a photographer's night photography shoot.

Durango & Silverton K-36 No. 481 passes the Yard-Limit sign at the southern end of Rockwood as it returns to Durango from Silverton. This is the first of two daily trains, departing 45-minutes pri... (more)

Durango & Silverton K-36 No. 482 passes through the famed cut at Rockwood as it returns to Durango from Silverton. This is the first of two daily trains, the second would subsequently follow 45-mi... (more)