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Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 #477 eases a mixed train over the ‘High Bridge’ across the Animas River.
This photograph was captured during a photo shoot on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, organised by Trains Magazine. K-28 locomotive #473 had been re-numbered for the event to portray #477 with Rio Grande ‘speed lettering’ while still working on the D&RGW. The real K-28 #477 was shipped to Alaska during World War II for service on the White Pass & Yukon Railroad and eventually scrapped in Alaska, never returning to Colorado.
High Bridge, Tacoma, CO.
Friday, 18 October 2024.
We were in Denver, Colorado last week for a small family reunion. On our return trip we made stops in the Rocky Mountains. One of my favorite places was in Silverton, a little mining town. A train goes from Durango to Silverton daily. We had the dog with us and were unable to take him on the ride. Silverton is a charming little town.
Project Flickr: AUGUST SUBJECT: HOLIDAY
The Dodge Durango was not officially imported in Western Europe. This is a car of the second generation built from 2004 until 2009. For two years there was also a Chrysler dervative of this car called Aspen. That one wan't available here either.
Woven bag made of ixtle fiber from the Tepehuano community of Llano Grande, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico. Seen at El Museo Textil de Oaxaca.
Did a quick trip to Durango this weekend to watch my daughter play some Basketball. What a great city! I definitely want to go back when I have more time. This is the only shot I got of while I was there. I believe this is the Animas River. We drove 6 hours Saturday morning to get here. I guess we should have watched the weather channel before we left cuz we had some pretty crappy weather going over Wolf Creek pass. I have learned the snowplows are our friends!!! After the game we decided to head back because another major storm was heading through. We hit the pass at 1 in the morning. Went 20 miles an hour going through the pass. Some parts of the pass were complete whiteout conditions but at that time of night we didn't have to worry about other cars sliding into us (Going through the pass on the way up we had a car coming at us lose control and had we been 30 seconds faster we would have been directly in his path. Luckily Colorado snow is pure powder and he hit the softest snow bank. They were pretty shaken up but were, thank God, fine)
Vistas de Durango, desde el barrio de San Andrés, Iurreta, Bizkaia, en mi paseo de hoy por el monte.
The air pumps on the front give the 470's a distinctive look, very business-like, perhaps even " industrial tough". I like this view because the lighting and tight crop seem to emphasize the details.
This is just outside Durango on the Million Dollar Highway. Molas Pass is just a few miles up the road. If you look at the bottom of the canyon you can see the Animas River and the tracks for Durango-Silverton Railroad.
The Animas River was very much in the news August of 2015 for the EPA spill of the Gold King MIne waste water. The mine is located just north of Silverton Colorado.
This is an image from a 2008 trip to Colorado. We had eaten dinner in a restaurant in downtown Durango and decided to walk around a bit. When I saw this view of the Strater Hotel I decided I'd try and catch a shot of it. Of course I had left my tripod in the car so looking around I spotted a trash can that would work as a makeshift support. Looking back down the street I saw the trolley bus heading toward the intersection and tried timing the shot to get it in motion. A setting of 3200 ISO allowed the shutter speed I was after to get enough detail and the desired motion.
A little bit about the Strater:
The four-story red brick Strater Hotel, built in 1887, is an exceptional example of American Victorian architecture, highlighted by original white stone cornices and ornamental brickwork. The interior of the property transports guests back to Durango’s heyday and blends American history with Victorian charm and modern convenience. That authenticity is evident in the Strater’s public spaces, which showcase crystal chandeliers, ornate woodworking and moldings, coffered ceilings and intricately carved columns. Windowed display cases filled with antiques and collectibles are scattered throughout the hotel. The Strater has been owned by the Barker family for three generations and over the years, the family has assembled one of the world’s largest collections of American Victorian antique walnut furniture. Louis Lâ'Amour found the atmosphere so inspirational that he frequently booked rooms 222 and 223 to work on his western novels.
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On Friday night the Durango & Silverton hosted a night photo session as part of their Fall Photographers Special. The crew is shuffling equipment around the yard as they prepare three trains for tomorrow. Two will be regular passenger trains to Siverton and return. The third will be our excursion train.
The Strater Hotel is in downtown Durango, Colorado, within easy walking distance of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad station. Many people who ride the D&SNG spend a couple of nights here.
Durango & Silverton #482 steps onto the ledge of the famous Highline, far above the Animas River north of Rockwood, CO.
Built in 1887, this Italianate-style building was built as a hotel for Henry Strater to serve as upscale accommodation in the recently-established mining town of Durango. The building helped symbolize the permanence of Durango, being a large, substantial red brick structure that was similar to hotels in major cities and well-established towns elsewhere in the United States, and helped to establish the town as a more permanent settlement, which, along with the designation of the town as the seat of La Plata County, allowed it to later survive the bust of the local mining industry. However, while the town remained, Strater lost his hotel due to the financial fallout from the Panic of 1893.
The hotel was expanded over time by subsequent owners, eventually adding a smaller three-story wing to the side to house additional guest rooms, but has maintained its Victorian-era ambiance and character inside and out despite the passage of time. The hotel has seen the introduction of more modern amenities, including electric lights and bathrooms in every hotel room, both of which were unheard of luxuries in a mining boom town at the time it was originally constructed. The building is a contributing structure in the Main Avenue Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Today, the building remains in use as a hotel.