Water for a thirsty horse. A Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 brings her freight to a halt at Cresco Tank, approximately 4 miles and 900 vertical feet below Cumbres Pass. In days of old, t... (more)

A photo special drifts downgrade at Twin Bridges on the Durango and Silverton.

A photo special drifts downgrade at Needleton on the Durango and Silverton.

Steamscape: Coxo. The morning sun is still behind the ridges to the east as D&RGW K-36 #488 claws her way past the little yellow telephone box at Coxo, with a short Cumbres Turn. The tempe... (more)

Phabulous Phantom! The volcanic spires of Phantom Curve tower over a diminutive D&RGW C-18 Consolidation as she slowly plods westbound with a train of empty stockers headed for Chama. This... (more)

Work is underway in the roundhouse to get the locomotives ready for the summer season

The shadows are getting long and the daytime cumulus clouds are rapidly melting away, as Stock Extra 315 sidles up to the water tank in Antonito, CO for a top off, before bedding down for t... (more)

After Making a Quick Stop to Pick up a few passangers in Rockwood Colorado, DSNG 482 slowly and carefully snakes its way through the San Juan Mountains while on the Railroads "High Line"... (more)

Cresting the summit of Cumbres Pass, elevation 10,022 feet, the daily C&TS eastbound passenger train slows to a stop to take water next to the old depot.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Engine Number 482 Rests at the Cascade Canyon as part of the railroad's Winter Train Operation.

Westbound oil cans. Denver & Rio Grande K-27 #463 hauls a string of oil cans and other mixed freight bound for Chama via Cumbres Pass. The train is climbing a steady grade on the northern ... (more)

Desert Dawn. A Denver & Rio Grande Western Freight runs westbound out of Antonito, Colorado at sunrise on a chilly, October morning.

Tying up in Silverton. Denver & Rio Grande Western Consolidation #315 spends the night at the platform in Silverton, Colorado, with K-28 #473, after a day of operations in the Animas Canyon... (more)

45 miles thru the Animas Canyon.... Dwarfed by the towering cliffs above, Train 461 - "The Silverton" winds her way along the Rio de las Animas Perdidas, just south of the Needlet... (more)

Southbound out of Silverton. With the Aspens just starting to pop on the nearby hillsides, D&RGW #478 leaves Silverton, Colorado with a mixed train bound for Durango. The 478 is one of thr... (more)