Shooting in Colorado's Animas River Canyon can sometimes be an exercise in futility. The lighting is all sorts of 'wonky' when you're in the earlier parts of the morning and the far canyon wall i... (more)
Curving up and around the privately owned and man-made Shalona Lake just south of Rockwood is train 463 with K-28 473 and K-37 493 leading the final push up to their station stop.
Doubleheaded train 463 crosses over US 550 and begins its assault on Hermosa Hill, with both firemen getting in position to sand the flues of the locomotives for the first time of the day.
Train 463 to Silverton is 10 miles into their 45-mile journey to Silverton as they pass the decommissioned wooden DRGW water tank at Hermosa. It was general practice to space these tanks every 10 ... (more)
K-28s sisters 473 and 476 make their final push into Silverton, seen from high above the "Narrows" of the Animas River. Hopefully, I am the first and last person to obtain this angle... (more)
A small Amtrak Hartford Line train departs Springfield as the buildings in downtown loom in the background on an unusually warm January afternoon.
Train 463 passes Trackside Pizza in Wallingford on the afternoon of Saturday, November 19, 2022.
Amtrak train 463 crosses Parker St. in Wallingford.
Durango & Silverton 473 and 476 roll over the crossing just off the station platform at Durango, preparing to couple up to the days consist.
Durango & Silverton 476 leads a K-28 doubleheader through Hermosa Meadows.
Durango and Silver 473 & 476 thunder upgrade over the Shalona Lake Crossing, with whistle and stack talk echoing through the canyon.
"Soaring above Shalona Lake" - Durango and Silverton 476 and 473 hug the cliff as they work upgrade past the beautiful Shalona Lake.
Durango & Silverton 476 exits the Durango Yard Limit, crossing over the Animas River.
Durango & Silverton 473 and 476 exit town, picking up speed as they whistle for 32nd Street.
Durango & Silverton 473 and 476 put in hard work as they climb the final part of the grade to Rockwood.
