At 4:00am, crew members at the Durango and Silverton take a few minute break before going outside to ready the locomotives for the day's run to Silverton. In just a few minutes time, these same cr... (more)
With 2 minutes before the 6pm departure, fireman Mark St. Aubin and engineer Ricky inspect the fire. The fire has to be perfect in order to tackle the 17 miles of graded track to Frostburg.
A 1930's era pickup truck and train crew check over the schedule before departing on the Sunset-Moonlight Special. At only 17 years old, the Susquehanna 142 fits perfectly in this picture.
Truly a dirty job. Its nearly midnight and the shop crew are hard at work to fix a broken spring on the trailing truck under the still red hot firebox.