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COMBAT

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I found this on the web and thought others might want to see it.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

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Established 1881
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You are looking from the Dispatch Tower toward one of the following locations:
The roundhouse and carshop leads. You'll see activity as early as 5:00 am - 9:30 am MDT as we begin our mornings. Switching and other activities may be witnessed throughout the day. Again you'll see activity between 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm MDT while we put away the locomotives for the evening.
http://www.durangotrain.com/multimedia/webcam.htm

I might get to go do this....

Did it as a kid and would love to go back. :)
 
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Thanks for the effort but I'm not having a whole lot of luck with the first link either. The Java thing takes forever to load up and then it stalls out as undefined. I'll try later from the home page.
 
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Near the NCVA RR
She was born one mornin' on a Sun Juan summer back in 18-an'-80-an'-1
She was a beautiful daughter of the D & RG and she weighed about a thousand ton
Well it's a 45 mile thru the Animas Canyon so they set her on the narrow-guage
She drunk a whole lotta water and she ate a lotta coal
And they called her the Silverton (Silverton Train)
(Here comes the Silverton up from Durango
Here come the Silverton a shovelin' coal
Here comes the Silverton up from the canyon
See the smoke and hear the whistle blow)

Well now listen to the whistle in the rockwood cut on the high line to Silverton Town
And you're gonna get a shiver when you check out the river
Which is four hundred feet straight down
Take on some water and the Needleton tank and then I struggle up a two-five grade
And by the time you get your hide past the snowshed slide
You've had a ride on the Silverton (Silverton Train)
(Here comes the Silverton...
[ strings ]
(Here comes the Silverton...

Now down by the station early in the mornin' there's a whole lotta people in line
And they all got a ticket on the train to yesterday and it's a gonna leave on time
Well it's a 45 mile thru the Animas Canyon so they set her on the narrow-guage
She takes a whole lotta water and she ate a lotta coal
And they called her the Silverton (Silverton Train)
(Here comes the Silverton...
(Here comes the Silverton...

CW McCall
 
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JR&Son said:
She was born one mornin' on a Sun Juan summer back in 18-an'-80-an'-1... CW McCall
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That is the coolest song!!!!!!! My dad and I used to listen to that on his record player ohhhhh 'bout 25+ years ago! He had a whole Pioneer system going with big old box speakers that drove mom right out of the house. 'Course we lived on a ranch so we did not bother any of our neighbors... just mom. Thanks for the memories!!!
 
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Works for me. You may need to upgrade the Java software on your computer if you're having problems with it.
 
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Have fun. I've chased that train up and down, drooled on all the locomotives at both ends BUT never ridden it (except for a day out with Thomas last year but that didn't count 'cause we only went like 2 miles up the track and then came back). I love staying in the campground out by Kaibab Lake 'cause every morning you can hear the steam trains go by down below and you can hear the diesels on the main line growling up the grade.
 
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Combat,
Yes take lots of photos. This is one of the best railroading outings that you can take(IMO)
Have been there twice, and loved it both times!:D
 
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