Durango & Silverton 486 departing Durango, Colorado

[@ecoRfan]

Wow.. can feel the power of the engine and the whistle as it approaches

[@RioGrande486]

My favorite locomotive!

[@espeescotty]

Very nice video. This is very similar to a scene that I shot just one month before you were there. I had set up just on the other side of the nearest crossing in this shot. I set my camera too close to the track to pan with the train though. Almost too close period! The cylinder of the engine and the fold down steps on the cars were pretty close.

[@espeescotty]

@dwkcamman611 Yeah, I caught those too, nice work. It must've been quite a bit cooler when you were there, judging by the descent steam plumes.

[@rikkitabaras]

Can't wait till we go back to Durango!!!

[@dwkcamman611]

@espeescotty You should see my other videos of the morning departures...I set up a little too close for comfort too but still managed to pan for a couple of the shots.

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

does the engineer have control of the bell and the fireman have control the whistle on the D&SNG's locomotives

[@MPT_Productions]

Amatthew rail Productions no, very few locomotives in the US have whistle cord for both the engineer and fireman. The engineer can control the bell with a valve since the D&S uses air operated bells.

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

@@MPT_Productions Lol yeah I figured that out a while back, I figured that the Whistle had to be mounted on the engineer side and the bell on the fireman side for a single linkage to the cords they operate off of. But... after being into steam railroading for several years now I've observed that the locomotive has a system of rods and pivot levers that connect the cords to wires that operate the bells & whistles no matter which side or end of the locomotive there mounted on.