Horseshoe Curve

The Shelf Sporting a period correct D&RGW logo and Pullman Green passenger consist, #478 pulls the Willow Creek Productions charter through the High Line toward Rockwood.

Eastbound at Tank Creek After taking on water, the mixed train heads East for a series of runbys. The original wooden water tank was removed from this location in 1966 and replaced with t... (more)

D&S 478 dressed as its old self DRGW 478 pulls a "Silverton Mixed" by what I call Rockwall, due to the shear cliff towering over the track on the narrow shelf. This is one of the more spectacular... (more)

Well done, gentlemen! No series of photos covering the 2011 Willow Creek Production Charter at the DSNG would be complete without a shot of the folks who made it all happen. When the fina... (more)

A fitting finale. As the 2011 Willow Creek Productions Charter drew to a close, the D&RGW Mixed Train was brought to the most well-known spot on the line....the High Line Horseshoe at Rockw... (more)

A D&RGW K-28 locomotive charges southbound across the Rio de las Animas via the 1884-vintage iron truss at Tacoma, Colorado. A total of 10 of these Alco-built "sports models" were constructed fo... (more)

H2O Loco. At the end of the day, that's the brief notation that Conductor Millard will put in his Train Delay Report to account for this water stop at the remote Tank Creek location. Havi... (more)

Turning the power. After arriving at Rockwood Station with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's annual Winter Photo Train, K-28 #478 takes the wye to begin a turning operation th... (more)

Struttin' her stuff. Newly overhauled K-28 #478 performs for the cameras on the rock ledge above Shalona Lake with Senior Engineer Bill Colley on the throttle. One of only two K-28s that s... (more)

On a wintery Sunday morning newly shopped D&S 478 dressed again as DRGW 478 crosses old Highway 550 (now a county road) climbing toward Rockwood looking much as it might have in 1939. This year's... (more)

The climb begins. The old D&RGW Silverton Branch runs on relatively level ground from Durango to Hermosa Colorado. After the Route 550 Crossing however, things change pretty dramatically.... (more)

There's a reason the Animas Valley is called a CANYON. A D&RGW Mixed Train hugs the steep east wall of the Animas Canyon as it works north toward Silverton on a sunny winter day. From Roc... (more)

Northbound to Silverton. One of the D&RGW's three surviving "Sport Models" (K-28s) enters the Animas River Canyon via the Rockwood High Line with a 1930s-era passenger train bound for Silve... (more)

Winter in the Rockies. The Durango & Silverton's annual Winter Photo Train transits the ledge above Elbert Creek with the frozen Shalona Lake and the foothills of the San Juan Mountains as ... (more)