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Here’s a video of the steam train returning to Durango on October 1st. We rode the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad the following day.

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Riding the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (DSNGRR) was one of the highlights of our Colorado vacation.  Today the DSNGRR operates vintage steam trains on the scenic section of the former Durango and Rio Grande Railway between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.  The Highline section along steep cliffs was simply incredible (pictured above).

Before departing Silverton for the return trip to Durango, Low-Tech Times editor S.P. Gass discussed operations with the crew (pictured below).  The DSNGRR owns ten steam locomotives, seven of which are currently operational.

The Good Morning America TV show will be reporting from a special train over in the time between now and the U.S. presidential election:

Welcome to one of the most ambitious network television projects ever undertaken, GMA’s “Whistle-Stop ‘08″ Tour - the first show ever to broadcast live from a moving train!

Over the course of the next two months, ABC News’ anchors and correspondents and USA Today’s reporters and photographers will report on one state each day in the run-up to the historic vote Nov. 4. We’ll hit all fifty states in fifty days!

According to Trainorders.com, the train will be heading later this week into Niagara Falls, NY; Pittsburg, PA, Cumberland, MD; Harpers Ferry, WV; and Washington, DC.

See also: Obama Continues the Tradition of Utilizing Trains In Presidential Politics