COAL SMOKE AND CINDERS IN DURANGO AGAIN
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad twin K28 coal burning, steam powered locomotives 473 and 476 double head to Silverton after being shut down for 41 days because of extremely dry conditions and a wildfire which had grown to more than 51,000 acres and was still burning in the wilderness area. 7/12/2018
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Hi Bob nice video good job 👏👍
Great footage. Coal and this great RR are now the latest to fall in 2021. Sad.
Wow! Didn’t know how much work went into this. Been on this ride twice before and had no idea. Often wondered how it turned around in Silverton? The whole ride is impressive. 👍 Thumbs up guys
3:50 the fact people are protesting the train because of the fire. I mean, I can understand the train caused a huge fire, but come on, not a single house burned down or a single person died according to my Grandparents who live in Hermosa (10 miles north of Durango).
Awesome!!! Love your work. Thanks for capturing these trains.
Great video! I was actually the head break man on the train you chased in the video. There was a good shot in there of me giving a highball! Haha
From Chile: thanks for the beautiful video, a
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beautiful job !
Can’t believe it’s been two years after the 416 fire
Good to see them back. The train we rode (463, on June 1), is the one suspected of starting the fire. Only got to ride one way on my first visit. Therefore, I have to get back again---SOON!
Just out of curiosity, what engine did you ride? (the one suspected of starting the fire)
Train489 Official I don’t believe 482 was operational in June. It was not one of the engines that was stuck in silverton. I don’t doubt you, but I am curious myself. Thanks for the input. And like you said, 476 was running a lot in 2018, so I bet it was 476.
Train489 Official ok. I’m trying to remember what engines were all in Silverton because I don’t think any returned.
Wow great video!!! Double headers are rare and this is amazing!!
Thanks for your comments. It is my understanding they will run double headers until mid August.
Robert Whitney everyday?
The D&S announced on their Facebook page that they will be running doubleheaders everyday until August 13th!
Robert Whitney wow that’s awesome!!
I would love to hear a 6 chime on 481 again.
EDWARDSAful I agree
Nice video. I was the guy trying to stay out of your way at the Animas bridge.
Hi Yard Limit, thanks for the kind words. I figured you were the one closer to the bridge when I watched your video. Thanks for your concern. I really like your videos as well, especially using two cameras I assume.
I usually use to cameras and sometimes a drone. Keep up the great work!
It’s literally like stepping back in time to see that train! Running!
Those protestors actually think they are doing something! How pathetic,more people were out supporting the train. Type just made themselves look stupid. I bet they were like to other rail fans,”StOp SuPpOrTiNg ThE TrAiN,It CaUsEs PoLlUtIoN AnD FiReS,” and blah blah blah. It wasn’t even the railroads fault! Long live the D&G! Without the train,they would have their town or maybe even their lives. The train is why Durango is still a thing for tourists and why the town exists at all.
Great to see steam operating again, usually they have 3-4 trains operating this time of year but I'll take two trains and a doubleheader over no trains. I rode the D&S last summer behind 480 and it was a trip I have never forgot.
Very nice video.
Thanks for your kind words. You have wonderful videos and an awesome garden railway.
How come 476 had flagpoles but no flags?
Hi ALW, looks like they put them on at Hermosa when they started the double header.
Neither engine had flags, only decorations. A regularly scheduled trains doesn't display flags. If they did, only the first engine would be so marked.
Regularly, in June, the four corners region is prone to severe fire danger. During July and August, however, the monsoon season is very much in full swing. Therefore, the fire danger often lessens during mid to late summer.
I contacted the Durango and Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad and I will call them to talk to them about the Diesel Locomotives purchase
To me, diesels are more like buses than anything else. And smell like buses. 🤢
Ken Konard Yes thank you.
Those protesters should be ran out of the country
On a bus. Thanks for watching and commenting.
No. 181 has the sweet sounding whistle I remember as a boy! 176 is even sweeter.
481 was wearing a D&RGW 5 chime (sometimes they wear CB&Q 5 chimes because they sound quite similar) and the 476 I believe is wearing a Pennsylvania railroad 3 chime (a very harmonious whistle in my opinion).
Are they still doing the double header or was that a one day thing
They were running the second train as a double header but late Tuesday 7/17/18 afternoon a series of cloudbursts in the fire burned area caused mudslides washing out the D&S tracks north of the US 550 overpass and closing 550. Returning southbound #476 with 14 cars and 400 passengers were stuck north of the mudslide. Service resumed Friday with a double headed second train. Jerry Day reports that Monday both trains will be double headers with K28s as helpers and K36s as road engines.
What other engines ran that day
They are only running two trains a day maybe as a result of cancelations and fire mitigation. K36 #481 was pulling the first train in the video. K28's #476 and #473 double headed the second.
If It’s weird that D&S and D&RGW, C&S
have a water tank car for the steam locomotives . Right ?!
C&S I believe runs oil instead of D&S and DRGW coal
Unless a person was stone deaf, it would be difficult to make a convincing case for, "I didn't know the train was coming!"
Can somebody who knows steam engines explain to me just why on earth is steam pouring out of so many parts of an engine. I can understand out of the stack as exhaust and the whistle and the venting which is needed a couple of times a day but some of these 'boys' look as if they're in serious need of some riveting up..... Look at 5:52 for instance.
Hi Tom Tee, Thanks for watching and commenting. The steam I see at 5:52 is the safety has popped from too much pressure and the electric dynamo's exhaust. The packing around the piston rods leak when they are new and worn out sometimes. Cylinder cocks located at bottom of cylinders are open when an engine first start to blow out and condensation in the cylinders. A blow down of the mud ring lowers water level when needed and blows out mud/sediments. So calling them steam engines is appropriate.
@@whitcraft4578 Yep and thanks for the info.... Gotta love these hissing billies whatever they do. Sadly I haven't seen a real living breathing one in more than 50yrs now. They scrapped them and nobody thought to keep the tourism appeal of them up into some of our beautiful country much the same as we see there in Colorado. Magic. Don't ever allow them to close down.
Hey Tom Tee, we'll keep up the fight. Get out and ride soon! Life's too short.
476 and 473 should swap whistles
Brian Falzon why
@@southernrailwayfan1338 nothing just curious
What were the people protesting?
The D&S running steam engines because they produce sparks. It's kinda silly but at least the people here were doing it peacefully.
People have protested the train smoke, smell and noise for 30 plus years. Some would like it turned into a hike and bike trail. The latest was in response that the train is running again while still in stage 2 fire restrictions and the fire is still burning. Thus the tongue and cheek title to my video.
I was there this past Sunday, and there were only three protestors. One showed his distain by flipping the bird to everyone on board as he rode his bike past the train in the opposite direction as we pulled out of Durango. I heard of a lady who wants to get the government to shut down steam operations. I'd wish her luck with that but I don't want that to happen, not that it will anytime soon.
I always wanted to protest something someday. But unfortunately I can’t get worked up over anything - too happy.🙂
because they're idiots
I notice some protesters towards the beginning, which I kind of expected. Were there many demonstrators out that day?
I only saw a young mom with a couple of small kids and older man and 1 or 2 others at the station. More people out there cheering and clapping in support of the train at the station. Must have been a few where train crosses main but I don't know if they were for or against. You can see them through the bridge shot. I was not at the station when the second train pulled out.
I love how their making themselves look like idiots
well done
Thanks Brian for you comment.
np
Finally, seeing a steamer who don't have some ugly Desiel engine pushing or pulling it!
BEAUTIFUL! Though, man... that track work could use a bit of help...
just a simple idea in the summer or during a real dry season, Why not use a diesel electric engine till the dry season is over then go back to the good old steam engine
Hi Clifford47, actually the D&S has diesels but they can't reliably pull a full train to Silverton. So they have made plans to purchase two diesels that can and they are restoring one of their K37's, #493 to burn oil that should reduce the possibility of starting fires.
They’re converting one of their steam engines to burn oil so they can run but not risk fires. They’re using a Southern Pacific narrow gauge engine as a trainer