"Here comes The Silverton up from Durango, here comes The Silverton shoveling coal!" I wonder how many RP'ers can remember the 1970s song by Bill Fries (alias C.W. McCall), which was my pe... (more)
D&SNG 473 Pulls the Presidential Special underneath the Spectacular (This time of the Year) Cataract Falls at MP 494.8, two miles south of Silverton. Most of the time, this falls is either slowed... (more)
D&SNG 473 Pulls the Presidential Special photo train across the Animas river on the south end of Bakers Park. The 473 is sporting a representation of its as delivered paint scheme with a green ... (more)
473 is temporarily festooned in D&RG livery for a photo freight.
#473 rounds a bend, fireman ever attentive in this tight telephoto shot.
Down in the narrows, the K28 plies her trade.
K28 and mixed consist on the roof of the world.
K28 #473 blows down and she rounds a curve, hugging the side of a cliff.
#473 and a freight train approach Rockwood on a clear winter morning.
Photo freight train charter passing through the heavy fog just north of Durango,CO Tuesday Feb 24th 2009.