A sturdy pair of fishing waders opens up new perspectives on the Durango & Siilverton from the far side of the Animas River just south of Cascade Canyon.

From the Trains magazine RGS 20 photoshoot at the Colorado RR Museum. We were treated to both a freight and a passenger train the first evening. In this view, 20 backs down to couple onto the pa... (more)

High above the Animas River, #493 crawls along the shelf track on its way to Cascade Canyon.

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Cumbres and Toltec 487, a Mikado built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western, coasts by Cresco Colorado's water tank on its decent of from... (more)

Here comes the Silverton up from the canyon.... After a 45 mile journey, much of it deep in the wilderness of the Animas Canyon, a Silverton Mixed Train emerges from the shadows, crossing t... (more)

The 2020 season for the Durango and Silverton has been a difficult one -- in addition to the Covid-19 pandemic preventing trains from departing Durango, a bridge washed out south of Silverton, and... (more)

There's a reason why they call it "The High Line." Engineer Dan Markoff has an eagle eye on the track as he cautiously guides his Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka" around the High Line horsesho... (more)

Steamed and ready in Silverton. Just a few minutes past the alpine sunrise in Silverton, Colorado, Eureka & Palisade #4 sits in front of the old D&RGW Freight House, fully steamed for the d... (more)

Passing Tall Timber Resort. Sporting his signature brown leather vest and black bowler hat, Engineer Dan Markoff takes his Eureka & Palisade Locomotive #4 north through the property of the ... (more)

D&SNG K28 #476 is in charge of the 2018 Fall Photographer's Train and passing the site of Bowen's Ranch, MP 479.55, 9/23/18.

D&SNG K28 #476 with the 2018 Fall Photographer's Train en tow, crosses the Animas at Tefft, CO 9/23/18.

One of the steam engines operated by the Georgetown Loop Railroad is an ex Guatemala Railway 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1920. It is seen here passing over the Devils Gate Trestle,... (more)

The caboose is connected and its time for the engineer to mount up and take the Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) to the Colorado Railroad Museum station for the morning's first passenger trip. The... (more)

It's a beautiful mid-summer morning as former Westside Lumber Company Shay #12 backs its train over the Devil's Gate high bridge headed for Devil's Gate station on the Georgetown Loop.

Former IRCA locomotive #40 backs its train down the Georgetown Loop's Devil's Gate High Bridge. It is the final day of operation for the original loop operator, and all three loop locomotives are... (more)