AlpineCMR Wrote:
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> A return visit to Durango must happen at some
> point, especially given #20's frequent visits
> there as part of the RGS fleet, and because of its
> starring role in the movie "A Ticket to Tomahawk"
> in 1951.
>
> That movie played a significant role in saving the
> Silverton Branch, as the attention it brought to
> the line across the USA (being the first movie to
> showcase it to a wide audience, in colour and in
> the fall) drew tourists to it, eventually turning
> it into the major attraction that it is now.
>
> Could, although this is a speculative idea on my
> part, #20 ever be returned - temporarily - to its
> movie guise as Tomahawk & Western Railroad #1
>
Emma Sweeny and run, either at the museum
> or at Durango, at some point in the future? The
> thought of it running along the High Line again is
> very interesting, to me at least.
Funny you should mention this. I just acquired some color film footage
that shows the engine at Silverton during the production. I did not know it was #20,
and thought maybe it was 315. When was the film shot on the line? The photographer was riding
the train into town and shows them. He also has a still of it there. It is definitely in steam on the movie,
but no smoke appears in his slide. Anyway interesting oldies but goodies.
Greg