I'm glad that you enjoyed your stay in Durango. The D&S is obviously the primary tourist attraction in our town. The D&S has 8 operating steam locomotives, and they all have, with one exception (#493) been continuously operating for 98-100 years. They were not salvaged from some museum or static display. Their roster of operating steamers constitutes one of the largest collections of running steamers in the U.S. All are 2-8-2s, 3 Alco K28s, 4 Baldwin K36s, and the one Baldwin K37. All the enclosed passenger cars were built in the 1880s, but obviously been upgraded through the years, such as with air brakes and heaters. You caught the D&S at the end of its summer tourist season. Normally during the height of the season, the 8:15 train is powered by twin ALCO DL535 diesels purchased from the White Pass and Yukon railroad, and intended for yard and track maintenance work. They have "C" trucks for more traction on the outbound leg, which has some steeper roadways. They proved to be simpler and cheaper to operate than the steamers, and so the engineering and sales departments were able to put together a plan whereby they gave their passengers a $10 discount (each), which for families of (for instance) 4 people, husband, wife and 2 kids a $40 savings. Normally during the season this train has 11 cars. The 9:00 train is nearly always a double header, dual steamer powered, and with 15 cars, which is all the turnaround wye in Silverton can accommodate. This train is nearly always sold out in advance. The 9:45 train only goes about 5/8 of the way, to Cascade Canyon. It is set up for people with a) younger kids with reduced attention spans, and / or b). those wanting a steam train ride without it being an all-day trip. The concessions car carries a good supply of sandwiches and other lunchables, or a passenger can bring his / her own lunch. The route is spectacular, going through the San Juan Mountains nearly the whole trip, and paralleling the Animas River, once the trains clear the Durango Metro Area. It has been voted the nation's top scenic railroad for each of the past three years by a national travel magazine. Enjoy,, and again, thank your for visiting our town, and making this fine video of the scenic trip. In the winter, there is a daily trip to Cascade Canyon, steam powered, with the engines used having good sized snow plows, as at the higher elevations the snow gets to be some feet deep early in the season, and stays that same some feet deep through most of April.
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As always nice work Al, will be following you.
Thanks Peter! There's plenty more to come!
I'm glad that you enjoyed your stay in Durango. The D&S is obviously the primary tourist attraction in our town. The D&S has 8 operating steam locomotives, and they all have, with one exception (#493) been continuously operating for 98-100 years. They were not salvaged from some museum or static display. Their roster of operating steamers constitutes one of the largest collections of running steamers in the U.S. All are 2-8-2s, 3 Alco K28s, 4 Baldwin K36s, and the one Baldwin K37. All the enclosed passenger cars were built in the 1880s, but obviously been upgraded through the years, such as with air brakes and heaters.
You caught the D&S at the end of its summer tourist season. Normally during the height of the season, the 8:15 train is powered by twin ALCO DL535 diesels purchased from the White Pass and Yukon railroad, and intended for yard and track maintenance work. They have "C" trucks for more traction on the outbound leg, which has some steeper roadways. They proved to be simpler and cheaper to operate than the steamers, and so the engineering and sales departments were able to put together a plan whereby they gave their passengers a $10 discount (each), which for families of (for instance) 4 people, husband, wife and 2 kids a $40 savings. Normally during the season this train has 11 cars. The 9:00 train is nearly always a double header, dual steamer powered, and with 15 cars, which is all the turnaround wye in Silverton can accommodate. This train is nearly always sold out in advance. The 9:45 train only goes about 5/8 of the way, to Cascade Canyon. It is set up for people with a) younger kids with reduced attention spans, and / or b). those wanting a steam train ride without it being an all-day trip. The concessions car carries a good supply of sandwiches and other lunchables, or a passenger can bring his / her own lunch.
The route is spectacular, going through the San Juan Mountains nearly the whole trip, and paralleling the Animas River, once the trains clear the Durango Metro Area. It has been voted the nation's top scenic railroad for each of the past three years by a national travel magazine. Enjoy,, and again, thank your for visiting our town, and making this fine video of the scenic trip. In the winter, there is a daily trip to Cascade Canyon, steam powered, with the engines used having good sized snow plows, as at the higher elevations the snow gets to be some feet deep early in the season, and stays that same some feet deep through most of April.
Thanks for the additional information. The first of three additional videos of the D&S will be posted tonight!