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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.
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.
Durango Silverton Railroad - October 2024 - Horeseshoe Curve (DSC 8972)
Other images taken can be seen on link below
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With fire danger and citizen complaints, the Durango & Silverton has converted three of its steam engines to oil firing, and acquired former While Pass & Yukon MLW DL535E's, built in 1969 by MLW to Alco designs. These engines have an interesting history. After WP&Y's ore business ended, five of the DL535Es, including the 107 seen here, were sold to the National Railways of Columbia and shipped south in 1992. However, after WP&Y reinvented itself as a tourist road, they went back to Columbia and repurchased the five, shipping them back north in 1999!
New locomotives arrived on the WP&Y in 2019, leaving the MLWs surplus, so in 2020 D&S bought four of them and had them shipped to Durango. One has already been repainted, but the 107 still wears its White Pass colors as it heads north at Granite Point near Rockwood, Colorado on Sept. 4, 2021.
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.
In this series States Coast to Coast. This Fine Art is #38 in the series of a Scenic area from each state. The state today is #38 on the list and is Colorado.
Durango Silverton Railroad
Durango, CO
The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNGRR) is a historic railway in Colorado that operates on 45.2 miles of track between the towns of Durango and Silverton. A National Historic Landmark, it takes passengers on a scenic journey through the rugged San Juan Mountains and San Juan National Forest. The D&SNGRR was built by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway between 1881 and 1882. It is one of the few places in the United States that has seen continuous use of steam locomotives, with many engines dating back to 1923–1925.
Prompt: Create an ultra-realistic digital fine art painting of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango, Colorado. The black steam locomotive, numbered 493, pulls a line of bright golden-yellow passenger cars as it winds dramatically along a rugged mountain cliffside. The scene captures the stark contrast between the glossy black locomotive and the sheer rocky canyon walls, highlighted by autumn foliage in the foreground and tall evergreen trees scattered across the slopes. The rocky ledge drops steeply away beneath the tracks, emphasizing the daring engineering of the historic railroad as it hugs the cliff edge. The steel rails glisten under natural light, while the weathered wooden trestle supports add texture and authenticity. The composition highlights both the natural grandeur of the Colorado mountains and the historic power of the steam engine, blending industrial grit with scenic beauty. Style: Digital fine art, ultra-realistic, museum-quality detail Mood: Adventurous, historic, dramatic Lighting: Clear natural daylight, crisp shadows, high detail on rock textures and locomotive metalwork Aspect Quality: No noise, no grain, highly detailed
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI Sora AI and Photoshop
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 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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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
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.