Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Lovely trip today IMG_5374.MOV IMG_6056.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Looking sharp, Bob ! Horace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Looks like a fabulous day, hats off to the workers who toiled on making that pass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Looks like a fabulous day, hats off to the workers who toiled on making that pass! 31 0f them per mile died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 C.W. McCall's tribute to this great ride: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Big change coming to D&S Railroad.......they are converting from burning coal to fuel oil/diesel. The embers from burning coal has caused several fires. Still be steam engines, just a difference source for the heat needed to make steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 58 minutes ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said: Big change coming to D&S Railroad.......they are converting from burning coal to fuel oil/diesel. The embers from burning coal has caused several fires. Still be steam engines, just a difference source for the heat needed to make steam. Diesel or bunker C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 53 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: Diesel or bunker C? I'm not sure which one they are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 4 hours ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said: Big change coming to D&S Railroad.......they are converting from burning coal to fuel oil/diesel. The embers from burning coal has caused several fires. Still be steam engines, just a difference source for the heat needed to make steam. I’m surprised they lasted this long with coal for that very reason. One of the biggest fires in history started that way in 1910 in the Idaho Bitterroot Forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 38 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: I’m surprised they lasted this long with coal for that very reason. One of the biggest fires in history started that way in 1910 in the Idaho Bitterroot Forest. Several years ago they had a really big fire that started near the RR tracks that the Forest Service said was started by the train. Every train has a small self propelled car with firefighting equipment & firefighters following behind. Couldn't prove what really happened, but the RR is converting all their engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 This engine, 493, was converted in 2020. I believe all steam the coal burners are converted or out of service pending overhaul. Saw her pilling out this morning as I went to breakfast. Nobody in the open car today. I was surprised it was full yesterday. Must have been a dang chilly ride! I was in the Cinco Animas. Nice and comfy. And they even gave me a whiskey glass.much more useful than the tote bag. Breakfast was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Sharpest dresser on board, by a long shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Haven’t been to Durango since early 2000s. No time to ride the train on a brief trip. I do remember the coal dust on the tracks near the station. As I recall, riding in the open cars just behind the engine was ill-advised due to the soot. I’ve not seen a working coal burner before or since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Slim Chance Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I rode with a bicycle group that raced the train from Durango to Silverton back in 1981. I was in the part of the group that abandoned the chase early on but one of our riders did beat the train to Silverton, but only by a narrow gap. If I remember correctly, we had to cross two mountain passes on the way, Molas and Coal Bank. We slept on the boardwalk outside the train station that night, then rode on to Montrose the next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jonathan Slim Chance said: I rode with a bicycle group that raced the train from Durango to Silverton back in 1981. I was in the part of the group that abandoned the chase early on but one of our riders did beat the train to Silverton, but only by a narrow gap. If I remember correctly, we had to cross two mountain passes on the way, Molas and Coal Bank. We slept on the boardwalk outside the train station that night, then rode on to Montrose the next morning. Top speed of the train is about 18 mph on the flats. About 5-6 on the grades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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