Engine 481 brings the Cascade Canyon train on the home stretch south through the Animas River Valley. Today, the train is extra long with 12 cars full of happy holiday travelers.

Lettered for the "Polar Express", engine 481 charges up the grade at Hermosa with an extra long 12 car train full of happy holiday travelers.

The southbound winter train is just minutes away from the Durango Depot as it crosses the Animas River for the last time.

The southbound winter train nears Home Ranch as it heads south for Durango.

473 climbs the grade out of Hermosa.