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 week... (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 servic... (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 weeke... (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 i... (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)

After arriving with the last train of the day, Durango & Silverton K36 2-8-2 480 simmers in the yard at Durango, Colorado.

Almost blending in with the surrounding pine trees and rocks, K-36 #482 brings a passenger train through the famous "High Line" on a picture-perfect summer afternoon.