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In today’s Scenic Saturday edition of Railfan Video of the Day, we travel again to the Rockies to see scenes of narrow gauge steam on the former Denver and Rio Grande, but this time we visit the Durango And Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Our video is once again provided by Cutting Edge Video, the same UK crew that brought us the magnificent shots of the Cumbres And Toltec in our Railfan Video of the Day on October 22.

Like the C&TS, the D&SNG is a steam-powered narrow gauge railway operating over 45 miles of former Denver And Rio Grande trackage that was abandoned in the late 1960’s. As the name implies, the line operates between Durango and Silverton, Colorado, following and crossing the Animas River along the route. The locomotives and much of the rolling stock is original to the line, with some pieces dating back as far as the 1880’s.



The locomotives in today’s video are K-36 class 2-8-2 Mikado’s #480 and #486, both built by Baldwin in 1925. The D&SNG operates four of the original 10 K-36’s built, with 5 more surviving on the C&TS, and the remaining one destroyed in an accident in the 1950’s. A track speeder is also present in these shots.

The Durango And Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad has been designated a National Historic Landmark and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the sights and sounds of authentic steam locomotives and narrow gauge cars running on the same Colorado rails that they traversed more than a century ago. Listen to the whistles echo through the canyons, and watch the trains pass over clear, rushing streams. In short, enjoy!

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