Durango to Silverton RR, Durango, CO

Today we rode the narrow guage railroad from Durango to Silverton, CO. This is the steam engine that pulled our train. The train winds through the mountains for 45 miles to Silverton which is an old silver mining town. This trip took 3 1/2 hours each way.

This beautiful river ran along side the train tracks most of the way. There were a lot of these rapids along this river which is popular with kayakers. A couple of the areas along the way were used in several movies including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kind. One was where they jumped off the cliff into the river.

This is some of the beautiful mountain scenery we saw along the route. The aspins were pretty close to full color.

Again the beautiful color of the aspins in the mountains.

Both Durango and Silverton were lovely little towns. Durango is a fairly modern town with lots of little shops and a lot of outdoor activities such as biking, kayaking, rafting etc. Silverton is a very small town of about 350 permanent residents. There is one paved street in the town, the rest are dirt streets. It has a lot of restaurants and little shops for all of the tourists who ride the train. Most of the shops will close after this week for the season. The train will not go to Silverton after Oct. 31 until next spring. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip.