Departure
Durango, Co Durango and Silverton K-28 class steam locomotive 473 departs Durango Depot with the morning’s first train.
Driver
Durango, Co The main driver of a narrow gauge steam engine, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge K-36 number 486.
Fired Box Rails
Durango, Co Rails of the Durango and Silverton roundhouse complex are framed by the old smokebox of Durango and Silverton K-28 class locomotive 476.
Stockcar Ruins
Looking through the ruins of a narrow gauge stock car in the D&SNG yard and museum in in Silverton Colorado.
Sight Glass
Durango, Co One of the two ways to monitor the water level in a steam engine’s boiler, the sight glass. This one is on the engineer’s side of D&SNG 478 (formerly D&RGW 478), a narrow gauge K-28 class mikado (2-8-2).
Steam
Durango, Co Steam, it’s what makes a steam locomotive go.
Tri-cocks
Durango, Co Tri-cocks (3 valves) provide a secondary means of checking the boiler’s water level on a steam engine. These are on the engineer’s side of the backhead of D&SNG 478 (formerly D&RGW 478) in Durango, Co.
Cross Compound
Silverton, Co Trains need air for braking, and in the old days it was provided by a steam driven air pump. This one is on D&SNG 486 (formerly D&RGW 486), a K-34 class Mikado (2-8-2).
White Pass and Yukon Route, Skagway, Alaska
In May I made my first trip to Alaska, though not purely for photography. This is the 3rd of my on going series of posts detailing the photographic opportunities that I saw in the sites that I visited. I’ve already covered the first three experiences: a float plane trip to a remote mountain like in […]