Looking out the back of our train car as we leave Durango

the first of several water tanks, black smoke in air on right from our engine

rail crossing

Kathy at her table

Ginger and Karen at their table

Our attendant Elly in the other half of our car

Ceiling of our half of the Presidential car

ceiling of other half of our car

first view of the engine on a bend, lots of soot as train climbs uphill

another view of the engine while leaning out the window

sweeping view of our train, taken from the last car

zoom view of the front of the train hugging a mountain cliff

view with the Animas River below

another breathtaking zoom view

Zipline demo given for our train as we passed by, some passengers got off here to go zip lining instead of traveling all the way to Silverton like we did.

Mountain valley view from back of train

Animas River view from back of train

another water tank, the train boils off ten thousand gallons of water

fresh repairs from August 2nd debris flow

Ginger and Karen on the back observation platform

Karen by our engine 481 at Silverton stop

View of the coal car, 6 tons of coal are burned for the round trip, engine and coal car weigh 286,600 pounds when loaded with coal and water

Silverton Colorado, 9300 feet above sea level. We had a 2 hour layover for lunch and shopping.

Silverton business district

leaving Silverton, view from back of train

some afternoon clouds over the mountains

abandoned mine along the steam

zoom view of abandoned mine

view of train going downhill, not much smoke now

another watertank stop, note tank spout arm

afternoon view from train

coasting downstream

wildflowers along the tracks

on a bridge

leaving the bridge (remember, we are viewing from the back of the train)

Ginger with statue of colts at train station in Durango after the ride