Sunday - Today’s adventure required us to drive an hour into Colorado. We rode the Durango-Silverton train with a steam locomotive. It is a 3½ hour trip each way from Durango, CO, to Silverton, CO.
Very scenic train ride. Billed as the most spectacular train trip. It’s a narrow gauge track with a top speed of 15mph.
We were in one of the mid-level, enclosed cars and took the round trip.
They allowed us two hours to have lunch and explore Silverton. It really reminded me of Dawson City in the Yukon Territory. The elevation is over 9300’, and it was a very nice 55°F. It’s a small town of mostly restaurants and gift shops catering to the train tourists.
During the two hour break, they turned the train around so we will see what we missed on the ride up. I really like the mechanical sounds of the steam engine so I’m glad that Bridget was able to schedule steam.
This is one of the best parts of the trip.
I was obsessed with trying to get a picture of the engine from our car.
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