Heard the song on the C.W. McCall Album along/w "Convoy". In 1998, my wife and I went to Durango for the express purpose of riding 'The Silverton'. We rode in the parlor car...it was worth the extra expense. This video is superb. In August of 2001, we returned to Durango and though we didn't ride the Silverton that time, we got some pics for posterity. Then we drove on to Ouray to have a look at Kuboske's U-Drive-'Em, locale for "Black Bear Road". Epic adventures in Colorado!
Absolutely Perfect. I first heard this song in the 1970's when my parents got a CW Mcall 8track.. I allways loved the song and often thought how a video should look.. You did it! One of my new favorites
I'm surprised! Back in 2012, I rode the train and sang this whole song, out loud, in our coach car, at the beginning of the journey. I sang it from my seat (I was too shy to go up in front of the whole car and sing it. I think everybody would be too shy do it also). I didn't have a lyric sheet with me nor a phone to look up the lyrics of the song. I did it completely from memory. Fast forward 5 years and I'm having trouble getting past the second verse of the song. HOW DID MY 8 YEAR OLD MIND MANAGE TO GET THIS WHOLE SONG MEMORIZED AND HAVE THE GUTS TO SING IT OUT LOUD WHILE 30 OTHER STRANGERS LISTEN TO ME!?!?!?
Ah bother, it would've made a hell of a ride to such a thing happening: Sitting in the coach, hearing someone hum or silently sing the song to themself, then just sing along and rise your voice in order for him/her to notice that it is okay to sing along. Heck, would probably motivate others on board to join in as well, and before you know it, the whole carriage would sing through the ride!
I live here! My family has been farming and ranching here for more than 5 generations! I can honestly say that we take the train and all of the beauty of this area for granted! I do LOVE the train though!!!!
Wonderful! I got to work in the area, all around the train, as a geologist in the mountains, back in 1976, looking down on the train! Brings back great memories!!
Man this brings back memories. In the 90s I worked at a bar across from the Durango station. We used to get slammed when that train would get back from Silverton!
Love it! I drove from Durango to Silverton years ago. Couldn't get my wife to ride the train. Must of been that line in the song "You're gonna get a shiver when you check out the river..." We stopped at an overpass and waited for the train to pass while I played the song on a boombox. My wife thought I was nuts, but I loved it. I want to go back there and your video takes me back.
This video reminded me of a cable TV channel (Travel Channel I believe) show about the Durango & Silverton Railroad and the Silverton Train. It was narrated by C.W. McCall and features the "Silverton Train" song at the end. The near half-hour video depicted a ride on the train. Someone videotaped it and gave me a copy. Showed it a few times and I love it. It is on my bucket list to visit Durango and ride the train. We'll see. Stay safe and healthy.
What great memories this brought back for me. I was on the phone talking to a client and found out while she grew up skiing in Durango she had never heard C.W. McCall's song Silverton Train! What?? I sent her the link! When I was a kid, somewhere between 10 & 12, my sister and cousins rode this along with our parents. We sang the Silverton Train song almost the whole time we were on the train! Great memories. Thanks for making such a great video. You obviously have a passion for trains!
Well i can say im hooked. It was because of this video that i decided to find out more about k-36 480, and now i can anwser almost any question about it. thanks!
Ab fab!!! This is the perfect starting point for a Durango and Silverton Railway ad; Bill Fries nailed the run in a nutshell for the songwork (two decades of advertising experience helps). ;-)
I heard this song preformed live at Opening Day to Silverton (Hotdog Day) 2013 outside the depot. The General Palmer and Silver Vista were nearby on display (my family would ride the silver vista the next day, for the first train to Silverton.
I’ve got a real honest confession to tell you guys I’m actually wrote those trains as a kid I had a blast at my childhood it was fun I was like 12 years old whenever I rode my first train I was on vacation it was just my grandparents and my little brother and my cousin over there in Durango Colorado I went during 2001 to Durango Colorado man that brings back some old memories maybe one day I’ll go down there and ride it again but this time I am already in adult and I may just go just for the scenery probably the reminisce on old memories
wow! very nice!! loved the song since i was 8(now 43) never seen the train i always wanted to ride.. this train runs on H with a lot of O2 :) [and some coal..] thx!!!!
You did a fantastic job on this. That is an awesome ride!!! I much prefer the train to the road..After hearing the song for years ( Thanks Bill!).I finally realized my dream of riding the train. ( Sang the song the whole way) Awesome !!
What I know about this is that The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gage Railroad is based on this wonderful oldie but goodie! If I happen to ride on the silverton someday, I will have the song playing in my head the entire ride!
If you could find a 35 to 50 ton loco in decent shape, you MIGHT be able to swap for the 464. The 464 would have to be converted back to superheat to be able to handle the trains on D&SNG. The 75 ton Porter 6-axle diesel built for US Gypsum operation at Plaster City, CA would be a good backup or work loco for D&SNG or C&TS. But it has a broken piston rod and a cooling water leak.
Terrific shots. great combination of video and sound. Curious though as to how long it took to shoot? Guessing several locations for camera meant several shoots and lots of time involved even before getting to the editing. Great work. really enjoyed. thanks for taking the top to shoot and put this together.
Though I notice you mostly do trains. I have one you tube video person who did a ride down Wolf Creek Pass, also good but needed text and a few interesting side parts -like someone pulling the knob off the gear shift, stepping on a plum. You get the idea.
"Silverton Train" indeed! I love this song. The backup singers (the ladies you hear singing the chorus) are a tad unintelligible, but I like it nonetheless. Also, C.W. McCall has another song, "Gallopin' Goose", that would go excellent with videos of the Rio Grande's "rail-buses" and "rail-trucks" which are known as the "Galloping Geese of the Rio Grande"!
+Kerry Freeman Several of the Galloping Geese still exist and are used all over the country. I think there are a couple of them out at Knott's Berry Farm in California. Finally, at approximately 2:16 old tech meets new, as the steam train passes a modern piece of Maintenance of Way equipment, in the form of a Speeder, which is a small self-propelled railcar for up to two people, and is powered by either an electric or diesel motor. P.S.: Early in my life one of my favorite songs was "Down by the Station" and I see that song had a clear impact on the early part of the 3rd verse of this song.
+Kerry Freeman The Galloping Geese are motorcars from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. And there are some in operation at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.
Andrew Crumb My mistake, then. (I don't know why I mistook the Rio Grande for the Durango and Silverton. Probably due to the similar lettering/numbering/color scheme.)
@@TheOneTrueDragonKing If it's any consolation, the D&RGW leased the Rio Grande Southern briefly before its demise. And those background singers also can be heard on "Wolf Creek Pass", "Convoy", & "There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock & Roll), and maybe a few other songs I've forgotten about. Stay safe and healthy.
First I‘d like to say this is the best CW MaCall video I’ve seen so far. I would like to talk to you about using your video as a- song - or video for the deaf. I would need to add text for them to read. I think they may prefer signing but, I think it might take away from the beauty of the video. I will ask my deaf friend what he thinks.
I have a few Ideas to add to yours as well for the story song. I think the only change I would make to yours is coal being shoveled and some close ups of the engineers and crew doing their jobs. Maybe some inside shots. I would like to do all of CW McCall’s in video for the deaf, because they are so descriptive and fun.
I had this on an album called convoy, had this , convoy, old home till her up, won't be no country music etc..wish I still had it, is it on here anywhere?? Help
@really2ugly are you sure that you dont mean the 482? that was their most recent major overhaul. that thing looked like they dropped a bomb on it before the restored it.
I never get tired of this song I’m enjoying and loving it at the same time because of the k480 whistle.
considering its a K-36, pretty cool
This is a great song for the Durango & Silverton train and I sincerely hope it'll be around for many more years to come
Me too!
1:56 a Dodge Durango driving over the tracks...timing couldn't be more perfect.
Ha! Good call! I went back and watched, and the way it's edited, I think he definitely put it in there on purpose. :)
484berkshire lelelellele
I always thought of a Dodge Durango in Durango to be honest every time I think of it I laugh.
Heard the song on the C.W. McCall Album along/w "Convoy". In 1998, my wife and I went to Durango for the express purpose of riding 'The Silverton'. We rode in the parlor car...it was worth the extra expense. This video is superb. In August of 2001, we returned to Durango and though we didn't ride the Silverton that time, we got some pics for posterity. Then we drove on to Ouray to have a look at Kuboske's U-Drive-'Em, locale for "Black Bear Road". Epic adventures in Colorado!
Absolutely Perfect. I first heard this song in the 1970's when my parents got a CW Mcall 8track.. I allways loved the song and often thought how a video should look.. You did it! One of my new favorites
Thanks everyone for all the compliments.
I'm surprised! Back in 2012, I rode the train and sang this whole song, out loud, in our coach car, at the beginning of the journey. I sang it from my seat (I was too shy to go up in front of the whole car and sing it. I think everybody would be too shy do it also). I didn't have a lyric sheet with me nor a phone to look up the lyrics of the song. I did it completely from memory. Fast forward 5 years and I'm having trouble getting past the second verse of the song. HOW DID MY 8 YEAR OLD MIND MANAGE TO GET THIS WHOLE SONG MEMORIZED AND HAVE THE GUTS TO SING IT OUT LOUD WHILE 30 OTHER STRANGERS LISTEN TO ME!?!?!?
I did the same thing when I was 6🤣 back in I believe was 2010
Yeah I don't believe you
Ah bother, it would've made a hell of a ride to such a thing happening: Sitting in the coach, hearing someone hum or silently sing the song to themself, then just sing along and rise your voice in order for him/her to notice that it is okay to sing along. Heck, would probably motivate others on board to join in as well, and before you know it, the whole carriage would sing through the ride!
I can't wait to ride! I see the train almost everyday. Me and my 4 year old daughter sing this song all the time
2:52 The 1984 version of the song
I live here! My family has been farming and ranching here for more than 5 generations! I can honestly say that we take the train and all of the beauty of this area for granted! I do LOVE the train though!!!!
trains like that define steam engines and they are so pretty so in sinc. they are so elegant and so beautiful
This is my childhood. I rode this train three times.
Wonderful! I got to work in the area, all around the train, as a geologist in the mountains, back in 1976, looking down on the train! Brings back great memories!!
Love ❤️ this video, I have rode on Durango and Silverton Train for 5 years , since I rode on it in 1999 when I was little boy 👦
Love this one. I would love to railfan it, but I live in Pennsylvania! Someday...
Man this brings back memories. In the 90s I worked at a bar across from the Durango station. We used to get slammed when that train would get back from Silverton!
I rode this wonderful train once, got to go up into the mountains and got to explore and old gold mine!
Love it! I drove from Durango to Silverton years ago. Couldn't get my wife to ride the train. Must of been that line in the song "You're gonna get a shiver when you check out the river..." We stopped at an overpass and waited for the train to pass while I played the song on a boombox. My wife thought I was nuts, but I loved it. I want to go back there and your video takes me back.
I had this video as a kid and that song made me smile! Cool to find it. :)
lets see last time I rode this I think I was 10 so that was 34 years ago , great video , thanks for the memories
This video reminded me of a cable TV channel (Travel Channel I believe) show about the Durango & Silverton Railroad and the Silverton Train. It was narrated by C.W. McCall and features the "Silverton Train" song at the end. The near half-hour video depicted a ride on the train. Someone videotaped it and gave me a copy. Showed it a few times and I love it. It is on my bucket list to visit Durango and ride the train. We'll see. Stay safe and healthy.
really a great video . I rode her back in June this year to relive my childhood memories from 30 years ago . It was a beautiful ride ..
What great memories this brought back for me. I was on the phone talking to a client and found out while she grew up skiing in Durango she had never heard C.W. McCall's song Silverton Train! What?? I sent her the link! When I was a kid, somewhere between 10 & 12, my sister and cousins rode this along with our parents. We sang the Silverton Train song almost the whole time we were on the train! Great memories. Thanks for making such a great video. You obviously have a passion for trains!
This is one of my favorite videos on here. You did a mighty fine job editing it and got some great footage.
You need to ride this before it is not around anymore with the world we live in someone will cry about the smoke and shut it down. Awesome trip!
Wonderful! I grew up listening to this song and dreaming about this railroad! You made this video just as I imagined it!
Well i can say im hooked. It was because of this video that i decided to find out more about k-36 480, and now i can anwser almost any question about it. thanks!
Awesome, well done video I have added this to my favorites to view again.
Ab fab!!! This is the perfect starting point for a Durango and Silverton Railway ad; Bill Fries nailed the run in a nutshell for the songwork (two decades of advertising experience helps). ;-)
The Silverton by C.W. McCall
I have been on this train when I was a kid and the experience is so amazing!!!!!!! Everyone should do it at least once!
Four stars! This video brings me back to the San Jauns every time I see it. Perfect in every way. Thank you.
this tune inspired me to take the ride.
the wifes and i did that yesterday. thanks for an excellant video
This video is such great quality for being made in 2009. Props to you man. Great Video 😃
Ah yes, a true masterpiece of a song, and this video makes it even better! Great work!
Huh this is cool great shots and the whistles are super dramatic at superb spots
Love The Durango and Silverton Train 🚂 I rode the train when I was little boy, now I rode on it 5 times ❤️🚂
i love this song, it reminds me of my dead grandpa. i miss him
Pretty much the best song ever. Great shots. Thanks for sharing!
Well done great stuff
it brings back the realalty of the line its a winner
Thank you, great memories of this song. Great video
I heard this song preformed live at Opening Day to Silverton (Hotdog Day) 2013 outside the depot. The General Palmer and Silver Vista were nearby on display (my family would ride the silver vista the next day, for the first train to Silverton.
extremely well done editing. really enjoyed. thanks for posting.
I’ve got a real honest confession to tell you guys I’m actually wrote those trains as a kid I had a blast at my childhood it was fun I was like 12 years old whenever I rode my first train I was on vacation it was just my grandparents and my little brother and my cousin over there in Durango Colorado I went during 2001 to Durango Colorado man that brings back some old memories maybe one day I’ll go down there and ride it again but this time I am already in adult and I may just go just for the scenery probably the reminisce on old memories
wow! very nice!! loved the song since i was 8(now 43) never seen the train i always wanted to ride.. this train runs on H with a lot of O2 :) [and some coal..] thx!!!!
This is on my bucket list.
I love this song! its kinda catchy to I like it
@ATBirdMan I just got back from it about a week ago, and I highly recomend it.. excellent ride!
Love the video and the train. Song was great too.
Very interesting! Perhaps I would go on the famous Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad there someday.
Well done video on this piece of Colorado history 5*****
You did a fantastic job on this. That is an awesome ride!!! I much prefer the train to the road..After hearing the song for years ( Thanks Bill!).I finally realized my dream of riding the train. ( Sang the song the whole way) Awesome !!
I just got the urge to do it, I hadn't seen another D&SNG music video online to that song.
0:34 that beat is to die for.
What I know about this is that The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gage Railroad is based on this wonderful oldie but goodie! If I happen to ride on the silverton someday, I will have the song playing in my head the entire ride!
That sounds like a good plan. Hopefully its as good as this!
Great video! You really did this classic justice!!!
Great video, and THANK YOU!!
I someday hope to ride this narrow gauge railroad!!
By far the most spectacular train ride I have ever been on.
I love this train :) i can't wait to park it on a bridge with the engine at one end and the caboose at the other end.
Dislikes? How can anyone dislike this?
Idk
This sounds like an alternate take of the song.. interesting. Great video!
I love the music
Wow! Best music video I have ever seen! I rated it *****!
great work, brought a tear to my eye, which is difficult to do. Great choice of clips and music.
Keep up the great work :)
1:46 Love it !
wonderfully done.
TEK KELİMEYLE HARİKA OLMUŞ SES MÜZİK GÖRÜNTÜ ÇOK ÇOK GÜZEL
nice vid baldwinloco 12 hay i loved it and the lerices were perfect for leseing to as you ride the durango and silverton
YAY! Someone finally invested in a tripod! LOL! Excellent video!
This is cool video dude. I'be rode that train
Fantastic Job! Well Done!
engaging, much enjoyed
If you could find a 35 to 50 ton loco in decent shape, you MIGHT be able to swap for the 464. The 464 would have to be converted back to superheat to be able to handle the trains on D&SNG. The 75 ton Porter 6-axle diesel built for US Gypsum operation at Plaster City, CA would be a good backup or work loco for D&SNG or C&TS. But it has a broken piston rod and a cooling water leak.
Thank you, added to a playlist...
Excellent video!
Loved that
Good work on the vid , Ilike trains!!!!!!!!!!!
Great song great video
I love this train how fun
Nicely done.
This song is from the documentary that C.W Mcall narrated
wonderful!
Terrific shots. great combination of video and sound. Curious though as to how long it took to shoot? Guessing several locations for camera meant several shoots and lots of time involved even before getting to the editing. Great work. really enjoyed. thanks for taking the top to shoot and put this together.
Though I notice you mostly do trains. I have one you tube video person who did a ride down Wolf Creek Pass, also good but needed text and a few interesting side parts -like someone pulling the knob off the gear shift, stepping on a plum. You get the idea.
I love this :)
"Silverton Train" indeed!
I love this song. The backup singers (the ladies you hear singing the chorus) are a tad unintelligible, but I like it nonetheless.
Also, C.W. McCall has another song, "Gallopin' Goose", that would go excellent with videos of the Rio Grande's "rail-buses" and "rail-trucks" which are known as the "Galloping Geese of the Rio Grande"!
+Kerry Freeman Several of the Galloping Geese still exist and are used all over the country. I think there are a couple of them out at Knott's Berry Farm in California.
Finally, at approximately 2:16 old tech meets new, as the steam train passes a modern piece of Maintenance of Way equipment, in the form of a Speeder, which is a small self-propelled railcar for up to two people, and is powered by either an electric or diesel motor.
P.S.: Early in my life one of my favorite songs was "Down by the Station" and I see that song had a clear impact on the early part of the 3rd verse of this song.
+Kerry Freeman The Galloping Geese are motorcars from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. And there are some in operation at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.
Andrew Crumb
My mistake, then. (I don't know why I mistook the Rio Grande for the Durango and Silverton. Probably due to the similar lettering/numbering/color scheme.)
I picture the backup singers being about three Peggy Hills
@@TheOneTrueDragonKing If it's any consolation, the D&RGW leased the Rio Grande Southern briefly before its demise. And those background singers also can be heard on "Wolf Creek Pass", "Convoy", & "There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock & Roll), and maybe a few other songs I've forgotten about. Stay safe and healthy.
Awesome - great job on the vid :)
great job
First I‘d like to say this is the best CW MaCall video I’ve seen so far. I would like to talk to you about using your video as a- song - or video for the deaf. I would need to add text for them to read. I think they may prefer signing but, I think it might take away from the beauty of the video. I will ask my deaf friend what he thinks.
I have a few Ideas to add to yours as well for the story song. I think the only change I would make to yours is coal being shoveled and some close ups of the engineers and crew doing their jobs. Maybe some inside shots.
I would like to do all of CW McCall’s in video for the deaf, because they are so descriptive and fun.
Went on this ride a few years ago. If you think the scenery is good in this video, you have GOT to see it in real life!
I had this on an album called convoy, had this , convoy, old home till her up, won't be no country music etc..wish I still had it, is it on here anywhere?? Help
nice job on the video
Amazing great job-maximum fun ;-)
nice job thanks
well, where do ya think? up at silverton, of course! It is the SILVERTON train!
Boy do I have some ideas for that train :) Hehehehehe
@really2ugly are you sure that you dont mean the 482? that was their most recent major overhaul. that thing looked like they dropped a bomb on it before the restored it.
@really2ugly Yeah I read that in my D&S guide book in the 'locomotion - the power to move' section.
myuncle works on the train and I go on it a lot but it never gets old