Following our visit to Grand Canyon NP, we continued on to Durango, Colorado. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RR is based here, and is one of the top tourist railroads in the USA. Their two trains each make a round trip from Durango to Silverton and back daily during summer and fall. They operate on a more limited schedule during the winter months. The trip takes just over 3 hours each way, and with about 2 hours in Silverton, it is an all day excursion. These photos were taken on September 30, 2016. Posting 10 images, hope you enjoy, and comments and questions are welcomed.
#1 The 8:00 am train preparing to leave Durango. Ours was the 2nd train & left at 8:30
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#2 Some beautiful Colorado scenery a few miles north of Durango
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#3 The conductor; he is in overall charge of the train.
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#6 We had to stop at about the halfway point for the locomotive to take on water
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#7 The railroad parallels the Animas River most of the way
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#8 Finally arrived in Silverton. It was difficult to get an unobstructed view of the train
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#9 The train stopped again on the return trip. Our car was perfectly positioned for a shot of this little stream which flowed under the track.
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#10 Letting off some excess steam on the return to Durango
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tainkc wrote:
Excellent series.
Thank you so much Tom, glad you enjoyed.
Pepsiman wrote:
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Thank you very much. I appreciate the
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Good set that brought back some great memories.
Excellent series of photographs.
Sylvias
Loc: North Yorkshire England
Very nice series! This train trip has been on my to-do list for a while. Maybe one day soon! 👍😎👍
Very enjoyable series. Thanks for taking us along, Tom!
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