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

Of all the natural beauty found in Colorado, Shalona Lake is not one of those... Natural that is. On their southbound run back to Durango, train 464 swoops above the privately owned and man-made l... (more)

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)

Durango & Silverton 473 and 480 thunder past Shalona Lake on a doubleheaded passenger excursion to Silverton.

Durango & Silverton 480 charges up the steep grade at Granite Point with its mixed train as the sun rises on a beautiful May morning.

Big Al & the Critters. Three diesel "critters" - admittedly large ones - are seen at the Colorado Railroad Museum, laid up around the turntable. At left is Durango & Silverton... (more)

The last coal-fired train departed Durango in March and soon after, K-36 class 481 was separated from its tender and placed on display in the DSNG museum pending an oil conversion. What was not fo... (more)

Final Curtain

After 143 years of near continuous use of coal-burning power on the Silverton Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, on the 23rd of March 2024. The final r... (more)

Twilight of The Coal Burner

After 143 years of near continuous use of coal-burning power on the Silverton Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, fireman John Hillier thro... (more)

Twilight of The Coal Burner

After 143 years of near continuous use of coal-burning power on the Silverton Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, the last coal burner pose... (more)