Trips out of Silverton would be perfect! I once purchased a ticket to ride one of the two coach trains pulled by 315 from Silverton to Elk Park and back. It was simply amazing! At first, 315 was having injector problems and the trip was almost cancelled but I think they put some cold water in the tender and hammered on a valve and voila they were ready to go (That's just a railfan observation, disclaimer I have no technical knowledge of what they actually did to fix it.) Once we rimmed along the river down into the canyon, the morning light was absolutely stunning down there! Particularly Elk Park was beautiful at that time of day. Our engineer really hoofed it on the trip back and gave old 315 a run for its money and next thing we knew we were back in Silverton. We were back in time to watch the other trains come storming past the Silverton depot and then grab a bite at one of Silverton's many five star restaurants. Now I love the 315 but it would have been better if the RGS 42 was pulling the train! Maybe the D&S will run trains out of Silverton to Elk Park for short runs someday with a vintage steamer.
-Maury