Denver & Rio Grande
The great Denver & Rio Grande Western
Rugged railroad action, spectacular vistas, mostly narrow gauge!
Silverton Suite 2-Set: Narrow Gauge takes on the snow!
Silverton Suite 2-Set: Narrow Gauge takes on the snow!
The Complete Silverton
See the entire high line where the rails cling to the canyon walls far above the chasm, photographed from helicopters.
Silverton in Winter / Rotaries on Cumbres
Here, after years of silence the walls of the mighty canyons echo to the strident whistles of the narrow gauge in wintertime, a fairy tale come true as the mighty 480 class engines tackle a mantle of dazzling white.
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The Complete Silverton. Filmed as never before: from the air, from the cab, the pilot, and track speeders racing in front of the engine. Roundhouse, turntable, this DVD has it all! In part 1, a single engine travels from Durango to Cascade Tank. Part II features a doubleheader with freight cars. The film covers almost the entire line with 49 run pasts, aerials and chase sequences. Color 28 minutes
Silverton in Winter / Rotaries on Cumbres
In "Silverton in Winter" the mighty 480 class engines tackle a mantle of dazzling white. 481 digs in for a run over the high line and up the Animas Canyon to Teft Spur. "Rotaries on Cumbres" features the two rotaries the Rio Grande kept ready on each side of the Pass and the world's only narrow gauge spreader. See all three of these unique pieces of equipment, the only surviving narrow gauge snow fighting tools anywhere, as they bore through the drifts from the Chama side of the Pass. 25 minutes