The Silverton Line

 

I love old steam engines with their massive size and power and sudden roaring blast of steam and clanging bells.

We visited Silverton , Colorado today and as many times as I’ve seen the trains there…they draw me back.

I watched the fireman shovel coal into the hungry oven, while the sweat dripped off him. These steel monsters are not only hungry for oil, but also a man’s hard labor, to make the ‘wheels go round’.

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