We now would look around Silverton.
The Grand Imperial Hotel lobby.
The Silverton Northern engine house built in 1892.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car.
Denver and Rio Grande Western refrigerator car 54 built by American Car and Foundry in 1908.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flanger OF built by the railroad in 1904 as flanger 4.
Denver and Rio Grande Western tool car 04351 built by the railroad from a box car, lettered as Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railway.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car 3670 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western side dump gondola 871 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 1400 built by American Car and Foundry in 1902.
Denver and Rio Grande Western crane.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 789 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 873 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 795 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 818 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 827 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 777 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box cars.
A string of Denver and Rio Grande Western gondolas.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car 1204.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 858 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car 3543 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car 3097 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car 3401 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car 5605 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car 5827 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 1313 built by American Car and Foundry in 1902.
Denver and Rio Grande Western engine men bunk car 04417 for use with rotary OM.
Denver and Rio Grande Western section men bunk car 04965 for use wth rotary OM.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Silverton station built in 1882.
Durango and Silverton 98-ton center cab switcher 11 built by General Electric and United States Steel in 1950.
Durango and Silverton flat car 6508 built by American Car and Foundry and the railroad in 1940 from a standard-gauge gondola.
Denver and Rio Grande Western covered open air car 402 built by the railroad in 1963 from gondola 9605.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car 5684 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car 5627 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
The south end of the string of the Denver and Rio Grande Western gonodolas.
Denver and Rio Grande Western caboose 1005 built by the railroad in 1880 as 17; sold to the Silverton Northern.
Denver and Rio Grande Western caboose 01511 built by International Car in 1966.
Santa Fe caboose 999001 built by American Car and Foundry in 1930. Now I would go back to the tracks to wait for the second train to arrive in Silverton.
The second train is arriving.
The second train is now reversing to the Silverton wye.
Our train is returning from the Silverton wye.
The third train arriving. I walked back to the boarding area.
Our train was ready to leave for Durango. I found Robin who had lunch and then boarded our covered open air car.
Train 3 is headed to the Silverton wye.
Train 2 returns to their boarding area.
A family from Grand Junction.
Train 2 as our train left Silverton.
Train 3 is on the Silverton wye.
The Cleveland Slide zone.
A waterfall along our route.
The old railroad bridge that I rode over on my first trip here in 1974.
The train and the Animas River.
The train took a couple of open area curves.
Later at the Tall Timber Resort station stop.
The train and the Animas River.
Railroad equipment at Tacoma.
The train and the Animas River.
Crossing the Animas River. Now the trip on the High Line.
The trip over the High Line. We had mooners in the Animas River as we followed it back to Durango.
Later we returned to Durango. It had been a fantastic trip aboard the Durango & Silverton Railroad. I would like to thank them for having us here today.
Now we would drive to the Las Animas Live Steamers but had to pull off the highway on the way there.
The seconnd train from Silverton returns to Durango.
Las Animas Live SteamersWe pulled up and meet Andy Saez and we went inside and met his lovely wife and their family dog who sniffed and licked us showing them he liked us. Andy took us on a tour.
The Santa Fe Whoville station.
The 3rd train returned from Silverton.
Santa Fe caboose 999452 built by the railroad in 1942 as 2021.
The semaphore signal came from the Santa Fe Raton Line.
We had a operational wig wag signal from the Central Valley.
Harvey Girl and Santa Fe conductor models.
The station agent's office in the depot.
In the station's phone box, I think you get the connection to Whoville.
The ballistic train car model that works.
The Whoville station ticket stock. Andy used to work for the Santa Fe Railway.
This shay is owned by Andy.
An engine light display.
This switch stand is from Dyer from the Southern Pacific in my hometown of Santa Ana. We thanked them for having us and we headed first to Burger King in Durango to pick up dinner to go then started driving to Pagosa Springs.
We drove and saw Chimney Rock. After that we drove to the San Juan Inn and Cabins for the night.
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