100 years ago today, on August 26, 1925, the first run of a Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 mikado took place with locomotive 480 on a caboose hop from Salida to Gunnison.
Fast forward to just... (more)
Extra 473 North with K-28 476 as a mid-train helper shoves back for another photo runby at Whitehead Gluch, just a few miles south of Silverton, Colo. This was the photo train to celebrate the 100... (more)
The diesel locomotive DL-535E 103 has left Silverton with its train DSNG 462 and is on its way to Durango. The diesel locomotive DL-535E 103, built in 1969 at the Montreal Locomotive Works for the... (more)
"Rocky Mountain High": D&RGW #473 and #476 thunder north to Silverton, CO at Whitehead Gulch on October 16, 2023. This event was the first mid-train helper on the Silverton Branch since ... (more)
With Pigeon and Turret Peaks in the background D&RGW K-28 #473 hustles south with a small passenger train in route for Durango, CO on October 17, 2023.