Steam & Excursion > A fond look back at last summer

My wife and I rode the Durango & Silverton last July. Watching the morning line-up at the Durango depot was quite a show. My wife got a kick out of the young skinny fireman who was busily shoveling coal while a big, burly engineer finally showed up and took the throne. A railroad employee advised us to step back when the train started to avoid the cinder shower. It reminded me of UP Challenger 3985 before they turned the beast into a gentleman.

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That's a great story, John, and a nice photo, too.

And very well put: "It reminded me of UP Challenger 3985 before they turned the beast into a gentleman."

Still a beast, just a tamed one.

Assuming they get the fires out, how late into the fall do they run up to Silverton?