The snow fall along the D&S this winter has been of historic levels. Durango has not seen this much snow in over 20 years. There are slides and avalanches down on the tracks north of Cascade not seen in many years. The D&S has brought in Bonds Construction Company to help with the snow clearing efforts. Bonds was the contractor rebuilding the washed out track last summer. Bonds equipment was moved to the start of the cleaning operations by a work train. D&S is using their MOW equipment in the effort. The scenes are reminiscent of photos taken by John Norwood and Robert Richardson
John Norwood photos from my collection
Durango & Silverton speed swing working at Rockwood.
A flanger train may be necessary to widen the snow along the line. If a flanger train makes it to Silverton, would be the first time since the early 1960s.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/2019 01:01PM by Jerry474.