Steam & Excursion > Durango & Silverton Photo Charter -- Day 1

The Durango and Silverton scheduled one of their infrequent photo charters for Oct 24 and 25. Snce I had yet to ride, let alone photograph, that amazing heritage railroad, I signed up and joined close to 40 other rail photographers for the two day adventure. Day 1 started early with a 6:30am departure and a non-stop sprint to Horseshoe curve for  our first shot in amazing perfect early morning sunlight. This was followed by 7 additional photo stops on our way to an overnight stay in Silverton.
Image 1: perfect early morning sun light on our train headed by K36 480
Image 2: A view of our train at Concrete Wall with fall colors in view and the fast flowing Animas River
Image 3: Another view of train at Crib wall

More images to follow
 

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image 4: Runby in the shadow of Needleman peak
Image 5: a runby at twin bridges
Image 6: A meet at Elk Park Wye with the daily excursion train returning from Silverton

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and 2 more
image 7: our train mp 492 a along the Animas river with two snow covered peaks in the background
image 8: arrival in SIlverton 

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Wonderful! Photo one appears to be a timeless beauty.
Bob

Looks like the Horseshoe Curve needs some trimming... Otherwise, the other sites look like they've gotten some pruning as of late

ATSF1129 Wrote:
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> Looks like the Horseshoe Curve needs some
> trimming... Otherwise, the other sites look like
> they've gotten some pruning as of late

don't quote me but there may have been some just-in-time trackside trimming:-)