Lots of well-wishers and train enthusiasts showed up at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum on Saturday morning to give a send-off to chief engineer Steve Otten and the rest of the crew of Engine No. 482 before it set off on the first trip of the year to Silverton. Ana Nass and her 4-year-old son Chip, left, and daughter Quinn, 2, greet Otten at the station.
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Lots of well-wishers and train enthusiasts showed up at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum on Saturday morning to give a send-off to chief engineer Steve Otten and the rest of the crew of Engine No. 482 before it set off on the first trip of the year to Silverton. Ana Nass and her 4-year-old son Chip, left, and daughter Quinn, 2, greet Otten at the station.
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Engine No. 482 pulls a full load of passengers out of the station Saturday morning at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum on its first trip to Silverton this year.
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Engine No. 482 pulls a full load of passengers out of the station Saturday morning at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum on its first trip to Silverton this year.
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Three-year-old Anna Sherer and her mom, Jennifer Sherer of Providence, R.I., wave goodbye to Engine No. 482 as it blasts its whistle while departing from Durango on Saturday morning.
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Three-year-old Anna Sherer and her mom, Jennifer Sherer of Providence, R.I., wave goodbye to Engine No. 482 as it blasts its whistle while departing from Durango on Saturday morning.
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