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Viewing Album:  Big Trouble In Little Silverton (1600 x 1200 images)
 
By:Mike Stimpson
Dates:7/21/2014 - 7/21/2014
Album Info:D&S 486 led a train into Silverton. But when they serviced it on the wye, the train crew couldn't get any lubrication into the main bearing of the left front driver. They went back into town to load the passengers and tried again. They still couldn't get any lube in, so they cut off 486, fired up the critter that sits in Silverton to protect against exactly this kind of situation, took the train back to Durango with the critter, and waited for shop forces to drive up from Durango to get some lube into the bearing so they could take 486 back down the canyon.
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Critter #7 in Silverton
Title:  Critter #7 in Silverton
Description:  This critter is protection against a steam engine breakdown in Silverton.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:22:47 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
480 outbound
Title:  480 outbound
Description:  480 takes a passenger train south out of Silverton, passing the critter.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:24:30 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner) DSNG 480(2-8-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
480 outbound, again
Title:  480 outbound, again
Description:  480 takes a passenger train south out of Silverton, passing the critter.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:28:41 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner) DSNG 480(2-8-2)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
480 outbound, yet once more
Title:  480 outbound, yet once more
Description:  480 takes a passenger train south out of Silverton, passing the critter.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:29:59 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner) DSNG 480(2-8-2)
Views:  300   Comments: 1
Putting the speeder on the track
Title:  Putting the speeder on the track
Description:  Speeders follow the trains up and down the canyon for fire protection. They take the speeders off the track right by the Silverton depot. This is how they put them back on the track.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:33:53 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Putting the speeder on the track, part 2
Title:  Putting the speeder on the track, part 2
Description:  Speeders follow the trains up and down the canyon for fire protection. They take the speeders off the track right by the Silverton depot. This is how they put them back on the track.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:35:43 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Firing up the critter
Title:  Firing up the critter
Description:  Starting the critter to take 486s train back to Durango.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:38:42 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
To the rescue!
Title:  To the rescue!
Description:  The critter goes to couple onto 486s train
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:40:36 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
The critter on its way to the train
Title:  The critter on its way to the train
Description:  The critter goes to couple onto 486s train
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:42:00 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
About to couple
Title:  About to couple
Description:  The critter about to couple up to 486s train.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:43:47 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Coupling
Title:  Coupling
Description:  The critter couples onto 486s train
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:45:38 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Coupled up
Title:  Coupled up
Description:  The critter coupled to 486s train
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:47:34 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
486 at the depot
Title:  486 at the depot
Description:  486 has gone down to the depot, clear of the train, waiting for help from the Durango shop
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:50:36 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Station,Steam
Locomotives:  DSNG 486(2-8-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 1
The critter passes the crippled 486
Title:  The critter passes the crippled 486
Description:  The critter takes 486s train past the crippled 486.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:51:50 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Station,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner) DSNG 486(2-8-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 1
The critter passes the crippled 486, part 2
Title:  The critter passes the crippled 486, part 2
Description:  The critter takes 486s train past the crippled 486.
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 12:53:44 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  Mike Stimpson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  DSNG 7(86Tonner) DSNG 486(2-8-2)
Views:  308   Comments: 0

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