D&SNG K36 #482 is about 6 miles from its destination of Durango, passing the Home Ranch Siding, MP 457.25, at Durango, CO 9/24/18.

D&SNG K36 #482, #486 and K28 #476 pose at the Durango roundhouse 9/22/18. From the night photo session of the 2018 Fall Photographer's Weekend

Heading into Silverton. I shared this spot with a guy from Nottingham whose daughter worked in Silverton. A spring storm was heading for the muntains so I headed back to Durango very quickly after... (more)

The second train of the day pulls out of Silverton on its return trip to Durango on a crystal clear autumn afternoon.

Almost blending in with the surrounding pine trees and rocks, K-36 #482 brings a passenger train through the famous "High Line" on a picture-perfect summer afternoon.

Guiding its train through the high San Juan Mountains, former DRGW K-36 #482 is seen traversing the famous "High Line" horseshoe curve situated above the roaring Animas River, which is s... (more)

A northbound Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train hugs the cliffs above a roaring Animas River on the spectacular High Line between Rockwood and Tacoma, Colorado, on August 24, 2005.

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad #482 (2-8-2) builds up steam before leaving the Durango depot.

An impressive plumb of steam and ash signals the departure of DSNG 482 (2-8-2) from of the Durango station.

The yard crew of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad gets ready to send DSNG 482 (2-8-2) out of the Durango station and off towards Silverton.

There is nothing quite like standing next to a live steam engine as it moves past you. The senses are overloaded with sounds of high pitched whistles, the hiss of escaping steam, the rhythmic thu... (more)

Durango and Silverton's 482 gets ready to spend the day pulling passengers from Durango to Silverton, Colorado. Half way through the trip the engine would suffer a mechanical failure and have to ... (more)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train No. 461 passes along a stout retaining wall beside the flowing Animas River at milepost 478 west (north) of Cascade, Colorado, on the morning of Aug... (more)

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train No. 464 passes through a cut exiting the High Line just west (north) of Rockwood, Colorado, on August 14, 2015.