Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains make their way back to Silverton after an absence of 41 days.
A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad double-header – two locomotives – train leaves Hermosa on Thursday morning on the way to Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
John Harper, general manager of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, watches the second of two trains passing Hermosa on Thursday on the way to Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A patrol car follows a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train looking for any spot fires on Thursday morning on the way to Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The second of two Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains passes through Hermosa on Thursday morning on the way to Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Richard Wilcox and Carolyn Wilcox (Miss Kitty) welcome Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains to Silverton on Thursday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Blair Street in Silverton is again filled with people on Thursday morning after the arrival of two Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains filled with more than a thousand passengers. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Carolyn Wilcox (Miss Kitty) welcomes Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad passengers, Zariah McPherson, 5, along with her dad, Airic McPherson, and siblings, Charlie, 4, and Savannah, 8, after arriving in Silverton on Thursday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Blair Street in Silverton is again filled with people on Thursday morning after the arrival of two Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains filled with more than a thousand passengers. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Stan Johnson of Montana, a passenger on one of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains to arrive in Silverton on Thursday morning, looks over rocks being sold by Greyson Bickert, 6, of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Shirlee Shrum, owner of Four Paws Pottery and Butterfly Shops, could hardly sleep Wednesday night waiting for the first Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains to arrive in Silverton on Thursday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Blaine Singleton, 3, of Oklahoma walks the streets of Silverton on Thursday with his six-shooters. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Morgan and Caleb Ramey, managers of The Sage Hen Cafe in Silverton, were more than thrilled as they waited for the first Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains to arrive in Silverton on Thursday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Pete Samson, kitchen manager of the Shady Lady, looks for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train to arrive in Silverton on Thursday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Carolyn Wilcox (Miss Kitty) goes to hug Jim Harper, president of American Heritage Railway Hotels, as the first Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train arrives in Silverton on Thursday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
