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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.
Animas River rafters have just passed under the pedestrian bridge @ Rotary Park in Durango, Co. (111724)*
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.
The Durango marigold, also known as Tagetes patula or Dwarf Anemone French Marigold, is an annual flowering plant that's native to Mexico and Guatemala. It's a member of the French marigold family, which has smaller blooms and is shorter than African marigolds. The Durango marigold series has large, anemone-type flowers that can be 2–2.5 inches in size and come in a variety of colors, including yellow, orange, red, and mix. The plants can grow to be 10–12 inches tall with a spread of 6–8 inches, and have dark green foliage that tends to stay low and dense.
Durango Silverton Railroad - October 2024 - Horeseshoe Curve (DSC 8972)
Other images taken can be seen on link below
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Fuji Color Negative 100
Nikon N8008, 24mm F2.8
My wife and I had lunch here in the summer of 1990, .Durango Colorado, USA
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.
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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Two Denver & Rio Grande Western K-26 2-8-2s rest inside the Durango, Colo. roundhouse on Oct. 1, 2017.
The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968..
The route was originally opened in 1882 by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) to transport silver and gold ore mined from the San Juan Mountains. The line was an extension of the D&RG 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line from Antonito, Colorado to Durango. The last train to operate into Durango from the east was on December 6, 1968. The states of New Mexico and Colorado purchased 64 miles between Antonito and Chama, New Mexico, in 1970 and operates today as the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TSRR). Trackage between Chama and Durango was removed by 1971.
The line from Durango to Silverton has run continuously since 1881, although it is now a tourist and heritage line hauling passengers and is one of the few places in the U.S. which has seen continuous use of steam locomotives. In March 1981, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) sold the line and the D&SNG was formed. Today, the D&SNG, along with the C&TSRR, are the only two remaining parts of the former D&RGW narrow-gauge network. The railroad has a total of nine narrow-gauge steam locomotives (eight of which are operational) and soon-to-be eleven narrow-gauge diesel locomotives, six of which were acquired within the last three years, in their current roster. The railroad also operates former D&RGW No. 315 for special events.
Some rolling stock dates back to the 1880s. Trains operate from Durango to the Cascade Wye in the winter months and Durango–Silverton during the summer months. Durango depot was built in January 1882 and has been preserved in its original form.