 1 IMG 2925 copy 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.
|  2 IMG 2926.2 copy The following photo's were shot using the XT1
|  3 IMG 2927 copy The conductor talks to the engineer..
|  4 IMG 2928.2 copy More conversation as I move around for a different shot......
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 5 IMG 2929.2 copy Lots to say....?
|  6 IMG 2930 copy Beautiful back ground too.....
|  7 IMG 2932.2 copy The conductor is gone..
|  8 IMG 2934.2 copy There he is again......
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 9 IMG 2936.2 copy 473 arrives along side 480
|  10 IMG 2938 copy Time to go......
|  11 IMG 2939 copy Waiting for who knows what......
|  12 IMG 2940 copy 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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 13 IMG 2941 He is on board.......
|  14 IMG 2942 copy Engine 473 backs up as 480 stands by
|  15 IMG 2943 copy There he goes.....
|  16 IMG 9436 copy Old 480 stands by... These photo's were taken using the 5D
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 17 IMG 9438 copy A fill shot of the engine and coal car......
|  18 IMG 9439 copy Engine alone.....
|  19 IMG 9443 copy Of the two engines this was the bigger one, so it seemed to me...
|  20 IMG 9447 copy Close up look....
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 21 IMG 9453 copy The two of them....
|  22 IMG 9454 copy They sat there for 10+ minutes......
|  23 IMG 9455 copy 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.
|  24 IMG 9457 copy 473 is pulling away and leaving 480 behind in Silverton
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 25 IMG 9459 copy They are leaving town......
|  26 IMG 9460 copy We will watch them as they leave and get photo's of their departure...
|  27 IMG 9462 copy Further down the tracks....
|  28 IMG 9463 copy Getting close to a bridge......
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 29 IMG 9464 copy Almost to the bridge.....
|  30 IMG 9465 copy The engine is on the bridge....
|  31 IMG 9466 copy over it.......
|  32 IMG 9467 copy Headed on down the track.......
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 33 IMG 9470 copy The river is next to the track....
|  34 IMG 9472 copy They are on their way back to Durango... This is a full train shot...
|  35 IMG 9474 copy There's more of the river here......
|  36 IMG 9475 copy Up close.......
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 37 IMG 9479 copy He's going by where we are.....
|  38 IMG 9481 copy Crossing the river again......
|  39 IMG 9482 copy Engine is almost over the bridge....
|  40 IMG 9483 copy Headed down the canyon.....I think...
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 41 IMG 9484 copy The passenger cars are crossing the river now.....
|  42 IMG 9485 copy Engine and all the cars.....
|  43 IMG 9488 copy He's winding around the curves....
|  44 IMG 9490 copy 473 will be around the bend and out of sight soon.......
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 45 IMG 9495 copy An old ore car display in down town Silverton near a business
|  46 IMG 0402 copy Momma buffalo
|  47 IMG 0399 copy 1 yr old Buffalo calf
|  48 IMG 0401 copy Same guy or girl
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 49 IMG 0403 copy Same
|  50 IMG 0404 crop copy Up close and she is leary......
|  51 IMG 0600 copy Momma
|  52 IMG 0608 copy 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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 53 IMG 0613 copy two yr old and yearling buffalo
|  54 IMG 0617 copy Momma
|  55 IMG 0618 copy up close two yr old
|  56 IMG 0619 copy Little farther back
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 57 IMG 0623 copy Momma
|  58 IMG 0633 copy Long Horn
|  59 IMG 0636 copy same
|  60 IMG 0638 copy same
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 61 IMG 0653 copy deer laying down just off highway in same area as other pictures
|  62 IMG 0656 copy More deer of the same bunch
|  63 IMG 0657 copy More of the same bunch
|  64 IMG 0658 copy First deer bedded down near road... second photo
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 65 IMG 0659 copy They stood up......
|  66 IMG 0663 copy Lamas through bushes
|  67 IMG 1234 copy Moon rising on the Bookcliff's near Grand Junction, Colorado on September 26, 2007
|  68 IMG 1243 copy Same Moon Same day as before more distant.
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 69 IMG 1246 copy More moon same day.....
|  70 IMG 1715.2 copy Big Horn Rams along I-70 west of Denver.
|  71 IMG 1716.2 copy 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.
|  72 IMG 2356 copy Sunset over trees at the west end of the Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado
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 73 IMG 2375.copy Another look at the Grand Valley western end sunset
|  74 IMG 2380.copy Another exposure of the same are
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