Switching Silverton On The Durango & Silverton "Turning A 15 Car Train"

Follow along as I catch the switching exercise 9/7/22, from a different vantage point. This past summer the Durango & Silverton ran a lot of doublehead 15 car trains to Silverton, but the wye only holds 15 cars without an engine. Turning the train requires a slight modification to the Silverton switching operation. After pushing back to the Silverton depot, helper engine K36 #480 cuts loose from the train and runs around and turns on the wye. K36 #482 pushes the train into the tail of the wye and cuts loose and pulls forward. #480 backs to the train and finishes the turn and pushes back to pick up the passengers for the single engine train return to Durango. #482 runs light ahead of the train.
Ex-WP&Y DL535E3 #107 makes a cameo appearance.

[@stephensfarms7165]

Thanks enjoyed watching, great photography of the area and train. 👍👍

[@whitcraft4578]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@williamreed805]

Fun video Bob. This is something we don't normally see. Thanks for sharing.

[@whitcraft4578]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching.

[@brianfalzon6739]

Awesome doubleheader, that looks epically amazingly awesome, well done!!!!!!!

[@whitcraft4578]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching.

[@brianfalzon6739]

@@whitcraft4578 you’re welcome

[@danielboone3770]

I rode the D&S before and I've pretty much seen the Y. It's awesome! I love the action! Beats the old turntable.

[@whitcraft4578]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching.

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Hi Bob, fantastic video, great turning the train at Silverton. Excellently filmed. I wish you a nice Christmas time
Greetings Wolfgang

[@whitcraft4578]

Thanks, you too! Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching.

[@SBArrow310]

Thanks. I rode the D&S back in August and I wondered how they did the switching in Silverton.

[@whitcraft4578]

Glad I could help!

[@atsfevan0242]

This sure was interesting to watch. Kinda wish I got to see this when I visited D&S last summer. Except I was distracted by the places to see in the town of sliverton.

[@whitcraft4578]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@atsfevan0242]

Np

[@YardLimit]

Nice work, Bob!

[@whitcraft4578]

Thanks Tom! Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching and commenting. Always enjoy you stuff as well.

[@conradfok873]

On the Durango and Silverton, are the engineers allowed to blow the whistle fun sounding like A Long, Long, Short, Long at The Crossings?

[@Keith80027]

Very Nice work, what happen to the helper? Did it go back in front, behind or did it get inserted back into it's place?

[@trainjack16]

Kinda wish they didn’t buy Diesel locomotives. I prefer the Steam Locomotives.

[@whitcraft4578]

Me too! But...

[@trainjack16]

@@whitcraft4578 I know because of the fire that happened.

[@emmi4248]

Are they going to ever run steam again

[@trainjack16]

@@emmi4248 They still are, but they starting to run on oil now.

[@aghauler1964]

Stunning work Sir. Judging by the whistle delay you were slightly over A mile away, I love that vantage point on such a clear beautiful day, Were you using a directional disk to aid your Mic setup?
Happy holidays Sir to you and your family and safe travels.

[@whitcraft4578]

David, Glad you enjoyed it! I was only about 1/2 mile away. I have a $35 Emiral condensing mike with a homemade dead cat type windsock. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy holidays to you and yours.