Durango & Silverton 478, renumbered for the photo special as the fictional D&SNG 472, as the original D&RGW 472 was scrapped in 1945 after use in Alaska. S... (more)
On the Durango Ready Track. SouthWestRails.Com
Looking North, the 482 sits in the pre-dawn hours on the Ready Track, waiting to hook up to train # 462, and head to Silverton SouthWestRails.Com
From a unusual vantage point in the Durango Yard, the 481 is being preped on the ready track. SouthWestRails.Com
482 crosses Junction Creek, which flows into the Animas River just to the right, right behind our hotel.
Smile and say "Narrow Gauge Steam Railroading"! The engineer, front brakeman, and locomotive serviceman pose before we depart.
The controls of 476, as it sits in the museum section of the roundhouse, awaiting the day when it will be repaired and operational again.
Stack is capped for cinder control in town
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Baldwin built 1925) was rather new on this operation in 1981. D&SNG acquired 481 March 1981. 478 is at right.
481 heads back to the roundhouse
The second section of "The Second Siverton Train" is pulled in by K-28 478
Train #464 is unloading as 481 pulls the coaches from the earlier 462 around the baloon loop
Durango & Silverton K36 #486 is shown running between Durango and Hermosa.
