“DISCOVERY '66 IRON HORSE IN SILVER PASTURES ” DURANGO & SILVERTON NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD XD30572
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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This film "An Iron Horse in Silver Pastures" is an episode of the TV program titled “Discovery” (followed by the year in which the program was released - in this case, “Discovery ‘66"). Discovery aired on ABC from 1962 until 1971. The award-winning children’s program was about the history and culture of the USA. This episode covers the history of the narrow-gauge K-28 steam locomotives, known as ‘Iron Horses’ of the Denver & Rio Grande (Western) Railroad and later the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Today, these steam-locomotive powered tourist trains ride right-of-way through what used to be Colorado's richest silver-mining towns. The film is a Jules Power production, hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson, directed by Lou Volpicelli, written by Joseph Hurley, edited by Joan Kuehl, and produced by Daniel Wilson.
Footage of Silverton, Colorado (00:08). A rock with a silver ore (00:16). Host Bill Owen introduces Silverton, Colorado, named after silver mines (00:18). A railroad (00:27). “An Iron Horse in Silver Pastures” title banner (00:35). ‘Rio Grande No. 473’ K-28 narrow gauge steam locomotive (00:43). Hosts Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson converse about the locomotive, nicknamed an ‘Iron Horse’ (01:29). A reenactment of the Old West in Silverton (01:59). Host Virginia Gibson speaks about the notorious Blair Street in Silverton (02:13). The ‘Rio Grande No. 473’ K-28 narrow gauge steam locomotive (02:35). Birds-eye-view of Silverton (02:53). Virginia Gibson mimics a mine owner’s wife before the arrival of the railroad to Silverton (03:03). Bill Owen speaks about the silver mines (03:53). Virginia Gibson continues her impersonation of a miner’s wife hearing the news of the railway’s construction (04:21). The locomotive passes through Silverton (04:55). Gibson speaks about the celebrations of the locomotive’s arrival (05:04). Bill Owen speaks about the train’s ride into Silverton on the 4th of July 1882 and the celebrations (05:38). He continues to speak about the narrow-gauge tracks (06:01). A silver ore (06:27). Gibson speaks about silver’s role for Silverton and the Silverton & Durango railway (06:35). Owen speaks about Durango, another town with silver, and the railways arrival in 1881 (07:15). Scenes of the train going through the canyons of the San Juan Mountains (07:41). Views of the Rio Grande No. 476 locomotive and it’s whistles and chimneys (07:58). The train beings riding (08:30). Virginia Gibson mimics a miner’s wife riding the train in a private car (08:42). She holds a menu of food served on the locomotive (09:11). She shows the private train car (09:31). The train passes Rio de las Animas Perdidas (The River of Lost Souls) in Colorado, commonly known as the Animas River (10:04). The train continues passing through the San Juan Mountains (10:24), then a mountain stream called ‘Crazy Women Creek’ (10:58). A wooden water storage tank holding supply for the railway’s locomotives (11:52). A beaver swimming (12:15). Fallen trees, cut down by beavers in a beaver pond (12:33). A beaver walking (13:28) and going into water (13:38). Gibson mimics a miner’s wife, speaking about the workers’ struggles working at high altitude mines (13:43). Footage of the train riding on the tracks through the mountainous landscapes around Silverton (14:08). Gibson speaks about the trading and prices of silver (15:18). Bird’s-eye-views of Silverton (15:45). Footage of the locomotive passing through Silverton (15:50). Owen speaks about the drastic dropping of the price of silver and the consequences hereof (15:59). Gibson speaks about how Silverton survived the financial challenges, which turned nearby villages into ghost towns (16:41). Owen continues to speak about the struggles of the miners (17:08). Views of Silverton’s historical shops (17:22). Scenes of Durango, making a profit from railroad tourism after silver’s price drops (17:39). A musical theater performance (18:06). Hosts Gibson and Owen concludes the episode about railways and silver in Colorado (19:18). Credits (20:21).
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This reminds me that I’ve been here and rode on the train, I have some great photos I shot on real film from there!
Lived in this area Most of my life. There's heaps of amazing history in this area
Engine 476 returned to service in 2017 after a $1 million restoration.
13:56 Smart woman
"A ton of silver in Silverton, ... well in fact several thousand tons of silver leaving Silverton misnamed since it should have been Silvertonz to be even close to correct." 😉
in 1966 nearly all the town's streets were dirt. Still, about a quarter of them are. Man, that railroad is scarier than Hell!
Thank you for preserving this film. I enjoyed it very much.
Sent the link of this video to the D&S RR
I've been in Durango since 72 and don't remember seeing this.
I work in the D&S museum and it's new to me! Might have to look into licencing it!
Wow at least it was saved in 1981 and until 1971 both branches were connected I think
The Durango and Silverton is one of the most spectacular train lines anywhere.
Not only is it on the National Register of Historic Places but, it’s also a National Historic Landmark. I believe it and the Cumbres and Toltec are the only scenic railroads in the country with such designation.
Gotta go to Colorado sometime and ride the narrow gauge.
These days they have the coal engine being pulled by a gas engine, which is hilarious as “environmental concerns” were the reason they got the gas engine, yet they keep the coal engine chugging smoke anyways because its a tourist attraction, so all theyre doing is using more fuel and causeing more pollution all for the sake of PR.
So nice no Mickey D’s & other crap places.
thumb 👍
Stay out of my state.
Dumbass
Noticed your new theme music and crisp, clear new logo - looks cool!
Great song by C.W. McCall.
She was born one mornin' on a San Juan summer
Back in eighteen and eighty and one
She was a beautiful daughter of the D and R G
And she weighed about a thousand ton
Well, it's a-forty-five mile through the Animas canyon
So they set her on the narrow-gauge
She drank a whole lot a' water
And she ate a lot of coal
And they called her the Silverton (Silverton train)
don't call the police 🚨 ➕ don't 🔒 lock me out going 👇🏼 down for a smoke
15:41 1893 SILVER WAS fixed at a price certain WOW 😊 😱 Willis Reed said 1970 don't know if we 🏀 will play next year SO WE WENT TO WIN ➕ WON 😊
Roosevelt fixed the price of silver, too. Not $1.50, but $35!