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Late 2006 - 2009 N.G. R.R. and Animals
These photo's were taken near Grand Junction, Colorado and around the Grand Valley which includes the areas of Grand Mesa, and Silverton, Colorado They are of Buffalo who lived in Clifton,Colorado and other wildlife in other areas. There are 43+ photo's of the Narrow gauge RR Steam train there. They were taken 4th of July 2008.
Date(s): Dec 2006 - January 2009. Album by Ron Carrick. Photos by Ron Carrick. 1 - 74 of 74 Total. 3999 Visits.
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Looking at the sites ! ! ! Interesting train pictures. You must have done some moving around to find the right spots to shoot from.
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Paul Fallang, Wed, 16 Jul 2008 7:25PM
Cruisin around and decided to drop in again and see if you've added anything.
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Paul Fallang, Sun, 8 Apr 2007 6:59AM
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Steam engine 480 of the Durango - Silverton  narrow gauge railroad as it waits for engine 473 to back up, hook up, and pull the cars around 40 miles to Durango. (Narrow guage RR tracks are 36 inches apart compared to 4FT. 8 1/2 inches for standard guage.) Narrow guage rails make it earier to go around tight corners in the mountains.

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The following photo's were shot using the XT1

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The conductor talks to the engineer..

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More conversation as I move around for a different shot......

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Lots to say....?

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Beautiful back ground too.....

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The conductor is gone..

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There he is again......

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473 arrives along side 480

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Time to go......

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Waiting for who knows what......

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The conductor gets ready to climb up on the coal tender for the ride back to the rest of the RR cars

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He is on board.......

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Engine 473 backs up as 480 stands by

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There he goes.....

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Old 480 stands by... These photo's were taken using the 5D

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A fill shot of the engine and coal car......

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Engine alone.....

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Of the two engines this was the bigger one, so it seemed to me...

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Close up look....

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The two of them....

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They sat there for 10+ minutes......

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RR tracks in Silverton from above at an over look off the highway to Durango. You can see 473 is hooked to up the cars and pulling away with passenger and freight cars.

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473 is pulling away and leaving 480 behind in Silverton

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They are leaving town......

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We will watch them as they leave and get photo's of their departure...

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Further down the tracks....

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Getting close to a bridge......

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Almost to the bridge.....

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The engine is on the bridge....

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over it.......

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Headed on down the track.......

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The river is next to the track....

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They are on their way back to Durango... This is a full train shot...

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There's more of the river here......

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Up close.......

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He's going by where we are.....

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Crossing the river again......

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Engine is almost over the bridge....

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Headed down the canyon.....I think...

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The passenger cars are crossing the river now.....

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Engine and all the cars.....

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He's winding around the curves....

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473 will be around the bend and out of sight soon.......

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An old ore car display in down town Silverton near a business

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Momma buffalo

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1 yr old Buffalo calf

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Same guy or girl

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Same

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Up close and she is leary......

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Momma

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Two yr old buffalo. This is just a guess because it is smaller than a full grown buffalo and larger than the yearling.

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two yr old and yearling buffalo

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Momma

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up close two yr old

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Little farther back

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Momma

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Long Horn

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same

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same

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deer laying down just off highway in same area as other pictures

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More deer of the same bunch

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More of the same bunch

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First deer bedded down near road... second photo

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They stood up......

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Lamas through bushes

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Moon rising on the Bookcliff's near Grand Junction, Colorado on September 26, 2007

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Same Moon Same day as before more distant.

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More moon same day.....

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Big Horn Rams along I-70 west of Denver.

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I was standing by the road taking their picture.They had ran a ways then stopped to get a look at what I was doing.

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Sunset over trees at the west end of the Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado

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Another look at the Grand Valley western end sunset

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Another exposure of the same are

 
   
 
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