Years ago I saw that there was a train ride in Southern Colorado going from one town to another and cutting through the San Juan Mountains. I made the decision to try to hit it while catching some Autumn colors in the region as well. This was one of the images I captured of the train going around a bend on it's travels.

K36 486 crossing the Animas River on the return trip to Durango, Co. (071907)*

K-36 480 crossing the Animas River just a few minutes from entering Silverton, Co. (072474)*

Biker in Durango

Durango, CO

The background was taken in Death Valley area,and the train is the Durango-Silverton rain.

Muscle Traction in Durango

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Animas River rafters have just passed under the pedestrian bridge @ Rotary Park in Durango, Co. (111724)*

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Durango, CO

A change of speed, a steam locomotive of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, seen at Durango depot. A great shame that this video got photobombed because the loco was in full steam and blowing its whistle hard. I rescued this still from the video; happy days, beautiful train.

486 northbound along the Animas River @ Durango, Co. (111687)*

From the archives

Silverton bound K36 480 crossing Hwy 550 @ Hermosa, Co. (030227)*

Kodachrome by Jim Strain

Durango Silverton Railroad - October 2024 - Horeseshoe Curve (DSC 8972)

Other images taken can be seen on link below

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K36 486 leaving Durango, Co. with the first train of the day to Silverton. (072485)*

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Colorado.

I've often grown French Marigolds to keep tomatoes healthy but this is the first year I've tried named varieties, and am just loving the rich colours of each and every one of these old-fashioned singles and doubles...

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My wife and I had lunch here in the summer of 1990, .Durango Colorado, USA

480 crossing the Animas River leaving Durango, Co. (030225)*

Kodachrome by Jim Strain

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge roundhouse as seen from above.

Another richly coloured cultivar of French Marigold, this one a compact little plant so the flowers seem huge at a couple of inches across

Walk off into the San Juan Mountains towards Purgatory Ski Resort...

Two Denver & Rio Grande Western K-26 2-8-2s rest inside the Durango, Colo. roundhouse on Oct. 1, 2017.

D&SNG engines 473 and 480 head out of Durango, bringing the Silverton train north under threatening skies. This morning saw snow on the peaks that wasn't there the night before.

Durango, CO

Explore 3/11/22

Durango and Silverton Railroad Oct 2024 Loco 477 in Elk Point (DSC 8770)

Other images taken that day are on the link below

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The mixed train from Durango is approaching a water tank a bit further up the track for its first water stop on the way to Silverton. Visible to the right of the train is the Animas River that the train follows for much of the journey.

This photograph was captured during a photo shoot on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, organised by Trains Magazine. K-28 2-8-2 #473 had been re-numbered for the event to portray #477 with Rio Grande ‘speed lettering’ while working on the D&RGW.

Tank Creek, Tacoma, CO.

Friday, 18 October 2024.

We spent the 4th in Durango, CO this year. This shot was taken on a hill overlooking the downtown area looking west into a setting sun. #durango #fireworks