Last run of coal on the Durango and Silverton

[@EastonsRailHunting]

I saw the Durango and Silverton railroad they have a bit of locomotives

[@NatePiechotte]

🎉

[@DewJoy]

Where is this at?

[@dougmiller7944]

@@DewJoy Durango Colorado To Silverton line

[@Froggyman145]

Imagine getting a Big Mac, looking outside and a giant-ass steam engine is rolling past

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

Imagine being on a train ride, and i look out the window, and see you eating a big mac

[@spodface12]

@@SouthWestCrossingsUK imagine just standing there and watching two men staring each other down. one eating a bigmac and one on a train.

[@ABR48YT]

Ahhh.. America

[@michaelklein3112]

​@@ABR48YTWhere are the angry protester kids? 🇺🇸🤓🇺🇸

[@nobleactual7616]

I pictured that like the opening of polar express where the room lights up but its the delivery window lol

[@BellaCroyda]

Lovely sound. A legend.

[@meepdoolittle]

Lolol the poor dog was having a heart attack from the train whistle

[@AndreasWernerReiske-ln4kr]

I'm impressed -- what a beautiful train!

[@VinnyUnion]

The sound is just beautiful

[@caseyneal1289]

The best part about this is that as soon as I saw that McDonald’s and heard the train whistle, I knew exactly where this was

[@captainnutzlos3816]

Now thats a pice of maschinery 😃

[@michnygaard]

Looks great. Love the Big engine. But times up for smarter solutions. In Our country We are near 50 percent Wind and sun energy. Prices drop all the time and We live cleaner

[@gmari3343]

hot hit Durango here comes the silverton shaving coal

[@lindalettman624]

I would love to take a ride in this awesome train!

[@berthold64]

Burgerpunk with a hint of steampunk

[@susannarducci3350]

Gave me chills.

[@Quacklingducks]

She's a beauty

[@weneedpeace777]

Too bad they will retire an iconic machine! The globalist are having a party! FJB

[@chooch1764]

They are not being retired. The steam locomotives are just being converted to burn oil. No biggie…

[@commensasquatche4234]

Rode first class on this on the 2nd definitely recommend.

[@andyallen4554]

That whistle is the coolest sound ever!!

[@salve_os_fracos_e_oprimidos.]

A locomotiva é linda. 😍😍😍

[@ronfullerton3162]

And you have an engineer who knows how to play it.

[@koffinkat666]

I lived 20ft from this train in Durango for 25 years. That whistle is stuck in my head. Look on Google maps 'Animas View Drive Durango 81301' I lived in the little house on that road

[@911axe]

​very true, those air horns have a good range if someone has fine control over their hands. Transport trucks can do a pretty similar one, as long as the truck has a good compressor. And the difference between a low tone and higher is only a fraction of a pound of force.

[@llortbkwardsbmudtunc]

Thinking the same thing bro

[@Ceilliau]

So glad this was captured for eternity. Huge respect the men who built maintained and opertes these majestic beasts

[@benjigray8690]

And to think, it's just steam, making all those tons of steel move so inexorably along the tracks. Mr. Watt, what an inventor.

[@MEDIOCRATES_222]

Hell yeah totally gotta respect the McDonald's workers

[@RandomWrongDeletion]

The McDonald’s manager?

[@Justhppy2behere]

And to the women who never got the chance

[@koffinkat666]

That would be me, Worked at that station for years. The Round house is haunted.....All my Jeans still smell like Axel grease.

[@austinrooks1787]

God those steam engine whistles make it sound like a caged beast

[@jakeanthonycole1371]

Because it is

[@bwshermanthenon-germansher6040]

I love the 3 whistle ones. But they all sound amazing. Hearing them signal always makes my hairs stand up

[@putteslaintxtbks5166]

Those old steam horns sound so much better than the diesel trains today, though some sound better than others.

[@ronfullerton3162]

The whistle sounds good as several have already stated. But that old engine chugging away as it starts up under a load is also fine music to the ears of a motor head. Pull that load old engine!

[@Centrall69vlog-sg6xe]

Nice 🎉

[@bennyboyy7]

The new engines are electric with a diesel generator.

[@CmdCodd]

The main reason is because a steam locomotive is drawing its noise from its lungs essentially. Where is a diesel is pulling its noise from its batteries. Which is why a steam engine whistle sounds more like a yell, and an electric diesel sounds more like a tone of electricity. But yeah steam engines always sound cooler! 😆😁🤠

[@putteslaintxtbks5166]

@CC-2224_Commander_Cody I'm surprised it took three weeks for someone to point that out.

[@stultusmcgee9099]

Most American video on the internet

[@Roach-ie]

Nah is probably Donald trump and Obama beat box videos

[@65mcman]

I wouldn’t really call trains or coal an American thing 😂

[@benstone217]

@@65mcmanexactly

[@joshiderniemalslacht8398]

Nah. For this it would have needed a Ford F150 Painted in Red-White-Blue with a couple of fat folk on the truck bed waving their guns around and screaming "'muricaaaa!".

[@Fallen_Chimera]

​@@joshiderniemalslacht8398 and a bunch of big macs and beers beside him and a bald eagle on his shoulder

[@IS-2_1944]

Of course there's a McDonald's in the background

[@TheAshley9697]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alanbear4912]

Good advertising, Have lunch while waiting for the train

[@UTUBESUXS2024]

At least the coal smoke would smell more appetizeing than the stench from Mc d's

[@nateharder2286]

AMERICA! FU€K YEAH!!!

[@TheAshley9697]

@@UTUBESUXS2024 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rexross7086]

We had a neighbor I could sit and listen to his stories all day. He worked on the Durango. Silverton line leading pack mules to the shacks for the railman. I loved his stories. He passed away in the late 80s. The stories he would tell about the pack mules and the Durango Silverton line. I loved it.

[@spinosaurr]

Could u tell one pls ? Am interested

[@nerdyaviator732]

I would love to hear some stories!

[@randystache78]

Post a video after your own and tag us! Please, I mean. Not demanding, but kind of demanding this to happen. Please.

[@gregwesterman2115]

The stories? The man was a history book. 👍

[@diamondjim7560]

YOU need to write a book and preserve his stories.

[@yitezeng1035]

Those machines deserve a dedicated track rather than put into museums

[@Elavator66]

Facts.

[@mergat2970]

*stops train* "Can I get a big Mac with fries?"

[@thud105f]

That'll be 30 bucks please.

[@samuelh5567]

A drive thru for trains would be epic. They'd probably get their food free just because of how cool it is they have a drive thru for trains.

[@PhantomWoIf]

@@thud105f that's crazy expensive, that food from that franchise was supposed to be cheap.

[@TrainsUSRF]

I’ve done that at a different burger joint lol

[@J.Albastrauss]

😂

[@shygorilla8082]

I rode this as a kid. It had open cars. I was covered in coal soot.

[@talesofapunkrockking]

Hehe ya and it stopping in the middle of the forest to turn back around

[@debbieoliphant1693]

Same!!

[@Doveproductions73]

i was in one of the closed cars but i had my head so far out the window it made no difference

[@shygorilla8082]

@@talesofapunkrockking I think I rode that in 1988. I don't remember it turning around. I do remember playing pool somewhere in Silverton and having to pay a dollar for bouncing the cue ball off the table. 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertcooper6853]

Rode behind the N&W 611 on the mainline. Was washing cinders out of my hair for 3 days afterwards. Totally worth it!!!

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Thats a fantastic whistle

[@Jasper_4444]

I'm replaying and replaying, just for the whistle

[@suzannegagnon4764]

This is a master work of train whistles

[@nikhilPUD01]

Scary 😳 I will run for life in hearing that sound.

[@ronfullerton3162]

​@@suzannegagnon4764And good engineers knew how to get different sounds out of the whistle. Just like the changes of tone in this video.

[@kristinabliss]

​@@ronfullerton3162 Swan's song for sure.

[@ThunderboltSirenStudios]

The dog being absolutely petrified in the background 😂

[@joeylantis22]

Of course it’s an Aussie too..

[@kassieanderson6101]

Doesn't matter what breed of dog the owner is stupid for standing there

[@dirty_deeds3523]

Idk what she expected lmao. She didn't even try to comfort it or anything beforehand. Total facepalm.

[@kassieanderson6101]

​@@joeylantis22 it has nothing to do with it be an Aussie She's just a stupid owner who has put her dog in a stressful situation for no reason

[@MushroomMan-s6u]

Brian dead owner doesn’t even care about the train or the dog she’s just standing there forcing the dog to have its eardrums ruptured.

[@williambryant5946]

The smell of and sight of the smoke from a coal fired steam locomotive is absolutely unique, nostalgic, and an experience that is so wonderful. That's something that using oil can't replicate. The two are totally different in the way you experience them through your senses. I've always loved that unique smell and feeling I'd experience from a coal fired steam locomotive. It's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know and put into words, period. Hate to see any steam locomotive not originally designed and built to run off oil converted to do so. It's better in some situations like this to change, and I understand it's to help stop wildfires starting from sparks, but it still feels wrong to me to do. 👍

[@ericemmons3040]

I understand the sentiment, and I wish they didn't have to be converted, but if it's to prevent fires or even the perception that fires may be started by the locomotives, I don't mind. An oil-fired steam locomotive is still a steam locomotive, and if converting to oil will help these locomotives run for another hundred years, then I'm all for it.

[@rodm5968]

I find it funny to. I mean Here in Australia we run on coal. What we actually do is Steam Ban during the bushfire season. December to March. It's not a time people want to work Steam locomotives due to heat and it allows you time to get them sorted.

[@medivalone]

​@@rodm5968 in Colorado the weather is nice during wildfire season and tons of people come to the area on summer vacation

[@Vskate1968]

We rode the Grand Canyon Railroad summer of 2023 from Williams to the South Rim of the Canyon. They only run the steamers on certain days as it is but didn’t run them because of the dry conditions and potential for causing a forest fire.🔥

[@cristofino]

The smell of burning raked leaves in the street every fall

[@richbrindley8944]

I rode this train on vacation. I highly recommend this train ride from Durango to Silverton and back. It's an epic experience thru the mountains of Colorado.

[@MasterMalrubius]

@richbrindley8944 We did this a couple summers ago. It is a fun trip.

[@starcommunitynews]

Same here

[@lindboknifeandtool]

My dad and I want to wear a Sasquatch suit to prank the passengers

[@durgacharandhruvanth4279]

Didn't you check the title. It is the last coal train.

[@richbrindley8944]

@@durgacharandhruvanth4279 yeah last coal train with passenger cars

[@IATCOTUOHAEW]

WHY is it the last run...?? Steam Locomotives bring REAL CHARACTER in rail travellings everywhere they operate.

[@mrhotdog468]

The steam engines are still running there just not burning burning coal anymore

[@YMS09D]

Yeah misleading title, apparently they have quality restrictions on coal, and thus ita cheaper and easier to convert from coal burning to oil burning. A conversion that's been done since steam was a tween.

[@dodgy1779]

@@YMS09DI think the issue was actually wildfires, but I’m not sure

[@charlesball6519]

@@dodgy1779 Partly because of wildfires. Coal run trains are very ashy and throw sparks. Oil run trains burn cleanly. The black smoke you see from any steam engine is just them doing it for the camera, because that's wasted fuel out the stack.

[@PFCMittens]

@@YMS09D not misleading, OP is just stupid and can’t read the title

[@RayRae559]

Those 2 guys in overalls were 1000% crying

[@maximus-decimus-meridius]

Amazing.. I wonder what they’ll do upon retiring this grand ol’ girl? Scrap, recycle or museum, either way looks like she’ll run forever! 😊

[@Johndoe-jd]

Covert it to burn oil instead of coal

[@azaabazha]

no ones scrapping steam locomotives in 21st century north america

[@Johndoe-jd]

​@@azaabazha That's true for the most part. At most old parts (wheels, boiler tubes) would get melted down to be remade back into the parts it was.

[@maximus-decimus-meridius]

@@azaabazha Reassuring to know, thanks 🙏

[@maximus-decimus-meridius]

@@Johndoe-jd Good to know, certainly a majestic beast 😊

[@paynehooper6276]

I rode it. When I was 15. It was am awesome experience.

[@Centrall69vlog-sg6xe]

Nice 🎉

[@Centrall69vlog-sg6xe]

Nice 🎉

[@Manwholikestrains]

I was planning to go back to Colorado to ride the D&S but if they’re getting rid of the steamers I’m canceling

[@ericemmons3040]

They're not getting rid of the steam locomotives. They're all being, or have been converted, to burn oil.

[@redmi9834]

Reminds me of that old song, Last train to San Fernando.

[@michaellewis4632]

Exactly there’s no point to ride it anymore the nostalgia is gone

[@ericemmons3040]

@@michaellewis4632 The nostalgia is still there. They are steam locomotives built in the 1920s and before, and that's NOT changing. Coal-burning locomotives have been converted to oil before now, and a few oil-burning locomotives have even been converted to coal in the past, and they were ALL still steam locomotives--fire breathing, whistling, bellowing STEAM LOCOMOTIVES! And these ones are, too; and they're still wonderful machines.

[@gen-xboomer9489]

​@@ericemmons3040I appreciate your attempt and it made me feel 83% better. That last 17% is still pissing me off though as it's just another kick in the nuts by the same people that are bringing on the destruction of the United States for no other reason than to gain power and to kill babies. Yeah I said it.

[@icescrew1]

Heard that nearly every day for 45 years. Early 70s, it still hauled mine supplies. You could ride to Silverton for a couple bucks. You could load your horse on the stock car and get off high in the mountains for a pack trip. If you come, stay at the Strater Hotel. Original and historically correct. And really haunted.

[@ArdenTheSnep]

That sound is absolutely beautiful and that whistle. 😍

[@angietunstall2555]

Here in England 99%of our coal mines closed I the 70s and 80s. Many communities are still struggling to find a new identity and permanent jobs elsewhere. As the coal age ended, the tech age arose, and many educated only for the coal industry, have fallen down the gap on transition

[@starcommunitynews]

Same in Kentucky USA

[@dhandley8893]

Thanks to you, Maggie Thatcher. It's sad to see all the shuttered colliers in the UK. There are people behind those jobs

[@onkcuf]

sad.

[@bikerguychris33]

It's incredibly sad 😢, I'm a Steam Enthusiast myself and love the smell of a coal fired steam locomotive, it's a smell you can't explain as it's so unique, It makes no sense at all does it?, they shut nearly all our coal mines here in the United Kingdom, where we have plenty of good quality Steam coal still, to bring coal here from countries thousands of miles away, They keep going on about carbon emissions, yet close nearly all our coal mines to ship coal thousands of miles to here, Mining ⛏️ and transporting coal to heritage railways in the UK, would create far less emissions than bringing it here from countries thousands of miles away on ships, then having to transport it to the heritage railways too.

[@Delred1]

​@@dhandley8893spot on mate.

[@daveinapetticrew5489]

I Lived Next To The Train Tracks in West Virginia... I LOVE The Train Sound.. Now in Dayton Ohio at 11:34pm Every Night I Hear Our Train Whistle ❤I Sleep Because i Feel Safe.. Like I'm Back Home😔

[@michaelklein3112]

Rest Ye Well!

[@twiggs24]

Totally random BUT what are some good railfanning spots in Dayton? I want to take my dad. Thx

[@rvnmedic1968]

Was it next to the Cass RR? We had a great time there in the 90s.

[@Dallas_K]

Memories of childhood in West Virginia. Raleigh County for me.

[@kurtolson627]

I agree leave it coal , leave history alone , blessings to silverton /derango

[@rhn36]

Thats like saying "oh we should keep using medieval medical techniques and technology". It's just uneconomical, inefficient and unsafe. All coals have a tendancy to self-heat and expel methane gas into the air, which is toxic. And coal is just really inefficient and wasteful because a lot of potential energy gets converted into wasted heat energy, meaning they are only around 12-35% efficient.

[@just-incase3483]

The liberals of Colorado don’t like its polluting level!

[@billycliffe]

why, exactly? Have you rode it before? you pick cinders ouf of your hair for days afterwards, it pollutes everything along its route. I'd even be curious about how profitable it is. Also a boring ride after about the first hour. If you love it so much, start your own!

[@kurtolson627]

@@billycliffe don't like it / don't ride it, it was just an opinion, have a blessed day

[@chrishultgren777]

coal doesn't pollute anything. soot is a fertilizer

[@angelahunstad6852]

My dad worked for the railroad and he could tell you what every screw, nut, bolt and carriage weighed..he knew pretty much everything about the trains.. whenever we would get stuck at a crossing he would start telling us stuff about the individual parts of the train and what it did or what it was used for..

[@megashovelmanam1517]

The way the whistle is blown, is like a skill or art, I always think about a "Soul Train", for Humor.

[@greyisbister3973]

Listen to Orange Blossom Special lol its a good song that uses this exact sound

[@megashovelmanam1517]

@@greyisbister3973 Wow

[@Pennsyfan19]

It's sad to see the coal disappear from this line, but at least we have another coal burning narrow gauge railroad here in PA.

[@corinnem.239]

Where ? I would like to ride it.

[@SimplyTakuma]

Well atleast we see the line is still running.

[@user-calm_salty]

I saw a coal car, what do you mean?

[@vovalikuha5291]

Train to MacDonald's. "Attention passengers, our train arrives at McDonald's station, the stop is five minutes, you can buy something from drinks, snacks and hot dishes!".

[@bigred7931]

But the ice cream machine is broke and mc cafe closed at 10 sorry

[@waffles4714]

Came here to say I bet the old timers remember when you could get an ice cream cone at McDonald's!

[@brick6347]

There's a train station next to a Macdonald's in my city. The station only opened this year actually, so... I mean it's not all that odd.

[@onkcuf]

5 mins? not enough time.

[@onkcuf]

​@@bigred7931 Always with the machine.

[@oledennis6918]

This ride to Silverton was awesome!

[@alanmalan3819]

Still better than modern US railways

[@joneaton226]

That whistle sounds haunted!

[@clutchnupjunkie7299]

Hell yeah

[@williamwilson2748]

That whistle was the best

[@MisterPrimordial]

Why does every McDonald's look like Auschwitz now?

[@gregswank4912]

I’ve been riding on this train for over 40 years. Apparently they’ve been converting the fireboxes to burn oil instead of coal after coal embers started a wildfire in 2020. When I rode in 2022, I hadn’t noticed the change, as it’s still the same engine billowing steam and smoke, but with slightly less destructive smoke. It’s still totally worth riding and is still my favorite train to ride on in Colorado.

[@commodoresixfour7478]

Imagine being clueless and waking up to that sound. I did, I've lived by trains my whole life and can tell what direction they are going (diesel). When I heard this, it took me a second. That's NOT a diesel... It was the local Soo Line 1003 and she only runs like 2 times a year. Needless to say I now know when she runs. It's an awesome machine, ran by an awesome crew.

[@jeanmakita3839]

That thing looks so complex. To imagine we were engineering these since the early 1800's.

[@daddyof3girls09]

And without computers

[@Treinspotter_HWD]

that sounds is just W O W

[@EbikeTrek]

wow just gorgeous!! and that whistle.. 😮 just love it! would love to take my grandsons to see it in person!

[@angusmcbean4449]

No more coal?? How are we going to power our EV cars? 😂. Just kidding. Love the trains

[@BNSF2012]

You got to have the coals burning and the wheels turning

[@usborn8388]

Chills when you hear that whistle!

[@davemckolanis4683]

Should Have Shown MORE Of The Locomotive, And LESS Of The Hamburg Joint. POOR Photigraphy...

[@RGH2007]

Too bad, that’s all he could get with KZbin shorts deal with it, at least it exists and you can see the last coal fired train on the Silverton

[@davemckolanis4683]

​​@@RGH2007 THEIR ARE PLENTY MORE BETTER Postings With MUCH LARGER Locomotives, RUNNING ON COAL. Start Investigating...

[@RGH2007]

@@davemckolanis4683 and? That doesn’t take away that this is the last coal fired locomotive to ever run on this branch that has been served for 142 years straight by 3 different railroads, and yeah, I know there’s other coal fired locomotives that are so much bigger and better than the little K-36 that 481 is but it’s the end of an era on that line. Yes, I wish that McDonalds didn’t decide to move in across the street from the station in Durango but that’s just a thing we have to deal with as we move forward in time. So stop whining and appreciate the shot.

[@davemckolanis4683]

​@@RGH2007 If You Want To See Something VASTLY MORE Historic, Visit The East Broad Top Railroad Below Huntington PA. A Short Steam Rail Line That Ran From 1872 Until It Ended In 1956. With The Shops, Locomotives, Cars And All The Huge Presses And Repair Facilities Still In Tact. As If Everybody Went Home For Lunch And It Was Frozen In Time. Steam Locomotive Trains Run On Exhibition Weekends, With Volunteers Repairing The Engines, Rolling Stock And Several Buildings At The Yard. ALL The Steam Locomotives In The East Primarily Ran On Coal. So Your Short Video Of Mostly A Hamburger Joint Is SQUAT And No Big Deal. Compared To A Complete Rail Yard Facility, Train Cars And Public Rides For 12-miles To Huntington And Back, For An Entire Afternoon. Something That The Whole Family Can Enjoy. There Are Several Videos About It On U-Tube If You Want To Check It Out Further...

[@skyhawk401]

poor spelling

[@beverlysmith2640]

I volunteerd on coal train my white shirtcuffs were black loved it

[@DeathValleyLumberCompany]

Where abouts?

[@WorthyLee-xx8gr]

One the best steam locomotives to ever be used❤

[@joanwillard6722]

My dad started his engineering career in a steam locomotive. Those things are big.

[@mariaandreiadasilvarodrigu2581]

Tucuruvi ghost on how you are you and you are you and me up

[@mariaandreiadasilvarodrigu2581]

Tre

[@mariaandreiadasilvarodrigu2581]

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[@mariaandreiadasilvarodrigu2581]

Starm TRE

[@edgoen7310]

Everyone is gansta until "sir please stop my son wants mcdonalds" appeared

[@RobertCaston-v2y]

Beautiful piece of railroad history 👍🏻😎

[@KeikoWonderworld]

everyone in McDonald's: "👁️👄👁️........"

[@JohnGeary-e9e]

It’s a preserved piece of history and a working railway sod the green fascists burn coal!

[@ambervr7554]

lol

[@mileskosik472]

Being converted to oil has nothing to do with that, it's for ease of use and maintenance, and cheaper cost to run. Burning oil is also bad for the environment.

[@wolfsburgjetta2010]

I wish trains still looked this beautiful today 😭

[@harridan.]

Big Boy 4014 is on tour now, perhaps it will come to your town. it's the largest steam locomotive ever made.

[@RoslynCane-pp9ow]

Wow,,watched 50times❤❤❤Hobart Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 👌 😋

[@The--Ghostspider66]

The sound itself takes you back to the past its beautiful

[@Amigo1601]

Now that’s a train 👍

[@robertgift]

Great, long view of the McDonalds!

[@chrisgentry9255]

If Thats your takeaway you are an idiot.

[@ellieblair8912]

Absolute Magnificense....No wonder men are obsessed with calling theirs "STEEL" LYAO 😭

[@sicernaf.9276]

I love that blessed whistle. It is a shame that these types of trains no longer run normally. They are so iconic! you feel like you're on a magical journey ❤

[@kcal8631]

It's the Polar Express wrapping around Engineer Pass!

[@mitchellsmith6974]

Not a main line but Dollywood runs 2 locomotives on a daily basis one named Cinderella and another named Klondike Katie

[@bevcamren1316]

Visit San Diego railway museum and campo railway museum Campo had train rides most days... A nice ride but nothing compared to big trees railroad or Durango and Silverton trip big trees ride my favorite enjoy friends

[@supersoslox]

They still run diesel trains multiple times a day that sound the same

[@LunaKatzma]

i've ridden on this railroad before on a vacation before. it was handsdown the most beautiful landscape i have seen to date.

[@M1ck9]

one of the most badass vehicles in existance

[@Ajokeiguess]

Fighter jets have to take number one in terms of badass, but trains are up there too.

[@M1ck9]

didnt say THE most

[@Ajokeiguess]

@@M1ck9 I know, just saying fighter jets are number 1.

[@M1ck9]

@@Ajokeiguess yeah your right

[@neilpumpelly4818]

Nice looking out train

[@donnieallums4847]

The trip is well worth it. It was a blast from the past. Beautiful scenery in the mountains all the way up to Silverton and back!

[@bevcamren1316]

Agree

[@AESTHET1C4]

I saw this exact steam engine while sitting in the drive thru of that exact McDonald’s. Those steam engines are crazy loud.

[@DemonSliime]

God steam engine are such a cool piece of history. Everything about them just screams cool as cucumber.

[@Relaysandthings]

Saying Cole is so bad for the environment, saying it’s a fossil fuel, but lithium for those electronic batteries that they use for their cards also made out of toxic fossil fuels too. That lithium is extremely toxic.

[@geraldfriend256]

Electric cars are covertly an ecological nightmare but. But coal is hideous too

[@Azure_Fire]

The answer is ultimately neither is good, just one will destroy the earth faster. If our energy grid was completely green based we could run coal train excursions without any significant side-effects. You want to save the steam engines, you gotta get the rest of the world to go green.

[@newmanattack]

​@geraldfriend256 bullshit. I live in Pennsylvania country. There are hundreds of mines and at least 10 coal power plants within a 45 minute drive of where I am. 0 pollution, 0 smog, 0 impact.

[@Azure_Fire]

@@newmanattack That sounds subjective

[@newmanattack]

@Azure_Fire I'm an avid outdoorsman. I couldn't be more objective. The people that complain that most about coal are the people that know least about coal.

[@MindControlledSheepie]

I live in Durango. They had a crazy fire happen from the coal or whatever on the steam train. I do wonder if it will still have a smoke machine emitting fake smoke to keep the old school feeling alive?

[@travelingwithrick]

Everyone should ride this fantastic train at least once!

[@bevcamren1316]

So agree

[@davecrupel2817]

Really clean-running for a coal engine.

[@venkatarao993]

Good memories old is gold ❤❤

[@nerolsalguod4649]

Good run. Was in Silverton many times but never got to ride the train. Dad was a placer miner.

[@SzymczykProductions]

I was not expecting that BIG BLACK TRAIN

[@billybobblogs3627]

Wow . Wonderful loco

[@marcrobillard6528]

Coal is a staple in a steam train ride. They should have a few excursion a year with coal.

[@Johndoe-jd]

They would but because of a larger risk of fires the railroad limit burn coal during the winter. However burning coal and oil both is expensive, so the railroad decided to use oil instead of both coal and oil.

[@Stubwood_on_YT]

Nothing more American lol

[@johndododoe1411]

I knew the direction the train was coming from when I saw that man not walking away from the opposite direction track.

[@johnwood551]

It’s a shame to shut down that old train. I’m 72 and remember laying in my bed at night at my Grandparent’s home in Wayne ,Nebraska and hearing that wonderful whistle from across town. It sounded so mournful .

[@DeathValleyLumberCompany]

Worry not she’s still running! It’s just this particular locomotive that’s getting rebuilt

[@rudycarlson8245]

They did not shut it down. They are converting it to burn oil.

[@7.3PSDA2]

this is an era that shouldnt have ended. its a fantastic felling standing next to one of these behemeths and listening to there sweet sounds. i got a chance to see the 4014 and what a treat!!! i own a steam tractor but its nothing compaired to these irons!!!!

[@SighDown]

My dream is to stand next to her!❤

[@7.3PSDA2]

@@SighDown i have i posted a video of me my dad and my son standing next to her and shes roaring to life what a treat it was.

[@Vskate1968]

We rode the Grand Canyon Railroad summer of 2023 from Williams to the South Rim of the Canyon. They only run the steamers on certain days as it is but didn’t run them because of the dry conditions and potential for causing a forest fire.🔥

[@bevcamren1316]

Took kids on grand canyon train they liked cowboy fight

[@JohnWorsham-k1h]

Horrible! Just horrible that there won't be anymore true steam Trains running from here. Shame on you Durango and Silverton Staff for stopping history from being made. I won't be taking this train again anytime soon. Might as well just stop all excursion trains in the future because of history being ruined.

[@TexasPacificofoamer]

"True steam trains" the bloody hell you mean it for the saftey of the environment so if you Wanna blame anything call climate change also not a true if thats cause the conversion look around there a ton of locos that had to go through that for one reason or another

[@TexasPacificofoamer]

And history ain't ruined this a new chapter, they are true steam a ton of locos had to go through the same thing and specially now as the climate changes won't want the forest burning down.

[@TexasPacificofoamer]

They also are true steam idk what makes you think they ain't, there are a ton and I mean a ton of locos that had to go through the same conversion that 481 and the rest are going through, and they are getting effected into doing these conversions as the climate changes

[@ericemmons3040]

An oil-burning steam locomotive is just as much of a steam locomotive as a coal-burning one. . .

[@mrhotdog468]

There just not burning coal anymore

[@F40M07]

Only in Colorado would you find a 100 year old *narrow gauge* steam locomotive passing a freaking McDonalds 😂

[@derz-crackmodellbahnvideosinsp]

" 😉 " ...Greetings, crazy Olli❤

[@aaronfrandsen9160]

All I hear is orange blossom special playing!!! Such a beautiful sound. I love these trains. That whistle goes right to the soul!

[@Debra-g9i]

Yes it do.

[@kiphoover8705]

The engineer is an artist with that whistle. Bravo.

[@harridan.]

each engineer has their own unique whistle, it was how they knew who wss coming and going, for station personnel and other train drivers alike, and it's true today as well, with so many rebuilt steam trains around.

[@Debra-g9i]

Yes he is.

[@gregebeling7443]

First six years of my life were living with the sound and beauty of that train in Durango. Let her run as designed. She is and always has been amazing.

[@bevcamren1316]

My son lives near Durango so I go twice a year and get to see a and hear that great train

[@bevcamren1316]

Also train lovers try roaring camp big trees railroad in Santa Cruz California equal to dur a go imho anyone been on it?

[@merkhadia6370]

I will forever in love with Steam Engine Train or any old classic trains that ever exist.. i just love how amazing they looked especially their wheel part

[@bulltank8584]

Absolutely awesome!!!!👍👍

[@BosleysStuff]

That K36 whistle is incredible 🗣️