Durango & Silverton 480 accelerates its passenger train up the grade into Rockwood on a sunny May afternoon.

Durango & Silverton 480 slowly rounds a curve through one of the rock cuts at Rockwood with its mixed train.

Durango & Silverton 480 rounds the horseshoe curve on The Highline with its mixed train on a sunny May afternoon.

Durango & Silverton 480 emerges from one of the many rock cuts at Rockwood with its passenger train as it returns to Durango.

Durango & Silverton 480 crosses the Animas River one last time as it rolls back into Durango on a warm May evening.

In a boisterous thundering of smoke and power, K-36 480 shows off for the photographers of Dak Dillon's photo train at the famed cement wall just south of Cascade Canyon.

DSNG K-36 480 and K-37 493 peek at their reflections outside the Durango roundhouse as the night ticks away.

Durango & Silverton 480 negotiates the tight curves of the Highline with its mixed train early in the morning.

Top to Bottom from Left to Right: Matt Cunningham, Kylah Breeden, Dak Dillon, Russell Heerdt, and Joe Weigman pose with Durango & Silverton 480 in one of the rock cuts at Rockwood near the end of ... (more)

The Reverse Cement Wall

After nearly a decade of shooting Cement Wall from its northern end, the last time I shot it was the Eureka and Palisade #4 in 2012. I finally got some... (more)

Shooting in Colorado's Animas River Canyon can sometimes be an exercise in futility. The lighting is all sorts of 'wonky' when you're in the earlier parts of the morning and the far canyon wall i... (more)

D&SNGRR's #480 charges home through the Animas Valley after late November storm has blanketed the region in snow and ice.

D&SNGRR #480 works its away along the narrow shelf track of the highline on a return trip from Cascade Canyon.

Few things are more serene and beautiful than the morning after a heavy snowstorm in the Animas Canyon. Here #480 crawls along the horseshoe curve of the highline as it heads for Cascade Canyon.

D&SNGRR #480 leads a string of hoppers on a test run to Silverton.