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100 Years of Rio Grande’s / Durango and Silverton's K-28 Steam Locomotives: The First Part

Can you prove that they’re not the most photographed? I mean, when you think about how much Otto Perry alone took photos of them, now, multiply that by the countless numbers of worldwide tourists that flock to this railroad to ride, and you can see how they could be potentially the most photographed steam engines… yes that includes Union Pacific’s ‘Big Boy’ (hey, 473 had "Little Boy" chalked on its smokebox too, check out previous videos on this channel!). It’s the same logic I use to say this world-famous ‘Horseshoe Curve’ is more photographed than that blasé, boring, un-scenic one the Pennsylvania Railroad built near Altoona. Oh Right… We’re going and riding The Durango and Silverton’s fall photographer special for 2023 as we celebrate the centennial of their iconic 470 class of locomotives, the K-28’s. Built by the American Locomotive Company ‘ALCO’ of Schenectady, New York. These classic sports models took to the rails in 1923 (Dutton? Dutton?) Pressed into service in Salida, now a mountain biking hotspot of the west, these engines radiated out over the Continental Divide on Marshall Pass along today’s highway 50 through Gunnison and up to the now ski town of Crested Butte. They also turned south over Poncha Pass into the starkly beautiful San Luis Valley, passing the Great Sand Dunes National Park and into Alamosa. Crossed the ‘Continental Divide Trail’ at Cumbres Pass on what’s now the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and then crossed the actual continental divide west of Chama, New Mexico before heading to Durango. While working these famed Denver & Rio Grande Western rails, the pulled famous trains such as the Shavano, the San Juan Express, and the Chile Line (Chili line for those not from New Mexico). Staring in famous movies such as ‘Run For Cover’, ‘Night Passage’ (Jimmy Stewart), ‘Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid’ (Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Kathrine Ross), ‘The Prestige’ (Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale), these locomotives have been run exclusively on the Silverton Branch since 1969 and have changed very little, unless you count changes that can be reversed such as conversion to oil from coal and gaudy diamond stacks. The 473, 476, and 478 are the three remaining locomotives of ten that came to this railroad, the others were acquired for use by the White Pass and Yukon Railroad during the 1942-1944 era during the building of the AlCan / Alaska Highway. These locomotives with their iconic looks featuring their front hung cross compound air compressors are famous fixtures along the Animas River, a line with no signals, so no Distant Signal to lose so you can’t be Delayed in Block outside of Yard Limit. The railroad is a pretty good climb, so you’ll probably not be much of a CoasterFan on these rails as there aren’t any undulations. And V12 production Alco 251 engines? I cut out those pesky diesels… 0:00 Intro 6:08 Durango Departure 10:35 Hermosa 13:23 Granite Point 15:28 Caboose Ride on the High Line 17:52 Tacoma 19:11 Repeating Curves 21:09 Cement Wall 22:51 Goblin Fire 24:40 Needleton 26:26 Caboose Ride to Elk Park 28:10 Elk Park 30:58 Whitehead Gulch 33:08 Last Crossing of the Last Animas Bridge 34:33 Outro 34:55 Take a Look, it's in a Book... A Reading Rainbow...