As storm clouds gather in the distance, the Cascade Canyon Express departs its namesake terminus, headed home to Durango.

During the summer of 2020, the Durango and Silverton was not operating revenue passenger trains between its titular towns, instead merely running between Rockwood and Cascade Canyon. However, equi... (more)

The Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express crawls along the narrow shelf track high above the Animas River on a warm spring afternoon.

A thick plume of smoke trails the Durango & Silverton's oil-burning #493 as it rounds the curves of the iconic highline above the Animas River.

Spring is coming to the San Juans as #493 approaches Rockwood with the Cascade Canyon Express in tow.

I Took the Path Less Taken

I mean, there’s literally no trail, and it’s not easy to get here.

High above the Animas River, #493 crawls along the shelf track on its way to Cascade Canyon.

It's a tight squeeze as #493 slips through the Rockwood Cut.

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.

An interesting collection sits around the Durango turntable including this long out of service K-37 #493 which was retired by the Rio Grande in 1970. It is one of several out of service K-37s thro... (more)

While it appears like a stereotypical scene of a possible government cover-up, we are looking at a quarantine of sorts. Ex D&RGW K-37 #493 undergoes the delicate process of asbestos removal on thi... (more)