Durango & Silverton Railroad K 36 class narrow guage 2-8-2. Silverton Colorado USA. July 1981.

I took this photo on a Family vacation to Colorado way back in the year of 1981. The steam powered Durango & Silverton narrow guage railroad was operated untill 1981 by it's original owner the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. In 1981, the D&RGW sold the narrow guage branchline now used for tourist operations to a private franchise operator. Seen here operating for the newly formed Durango & Silverton Railroad, is a 1920's vintage Baldwin locomotive works 3 foot guage heavy 2-8-2 Mikado type steam locomotive waiting at the Silverton Colorado station. The steam powered 45 mile Durango and Silverton Railroad, is a popular Colorado tourist railroad today.