The sun rises on an empty train approaching the 550 underpass on its way to begin another week of service out of Rockwood.

Crawling along the shelf track above the Animas River, 493 returns to Rockwood on a rainy final day of service before operations return to Durango for the winter.

With tensions running high around the country, #493 blows off a little steam as Election Day stretches into Election Week.

Tom Golden photo.

D&SNG 1202 enroute from South Carolina to Durango Co.

And You’re Gonna Get a Shiver, When You Check Out The River...

With a one-two punch of the COVID Pandemic and The Elk Creek Bridge being washed out, action shots of The Duran... (more)

A Little Bit is Better Than Nada

With a one-two punch of the COVID Pandemic and The Elk Creek Bridge being washed out action shots of The Durango and Silverton will be hard to ... (more)

New Kid in Town

One of these is not like the others. Durango and Silverton DL535 No. 107 sits on a ready track at the Durango Roundhouse on a strangely quiet late summer after... (more)

Mask Up! The COVID-19 pandemic means enhanced sanitation measures onboard every run of the Durango & Silverton, which features mostly-open air cars capped at 50% capacity and a mask requirement fo... (more)

The Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express snakes along the High Line hundreds of feet above the Animas River on its way back to the railroad's temporary home base in Rockwood.

The Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express emerges from the Rockwood cut on a cold September morning that found rain and snow mixing in the San Juan mountains.

The 2020 season for the Durango and Silverton has been a difficult one -- in addition to the Covid-19 pandemic preventing trains from departing Durango, a bridge washed out south of Silverton, and... (more)

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 K28 #476 pulls the 2018 Fall Photographer's Train carefully along the High Line, MP 469.2, Rockwood, CO 9/23/18. This, the signature location on the D&SNGRR, was the highlight of the trip f... (more)

D&SNG K28 #476 pulls the 2018 Fall Photographer's Train past Tall Timber Resort, MP 475.25, at Cascade, CO, 9/23/18.