Re: The issue of authenticity

El Coke Wrote:
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> I am not disagreeing, but still think the C&T has
> more to offer in the "real deal" department simply
> because the trackage,structures,equipment, etc.
> are basically intact, and the structures alone
> number well over two dozen. Durango was a really
> fascinating terminal-in the mid-1960s.
> Now,essentially only the depot is original. I like
> to point out the C&TS looks like the D&RG still
> runs it.
>
> I miss the 470s. I ran all three,but most of my
> trips were on hard-riding but good-steaming old
> 478, the last operable member of the class. That
> engine has the longest service on the Silverton,
> with photos of it on the lines as early as 1940.
> That is a really great photo you took at Shalona
> Lake crossing.It looks od-time. Jeff Ellingson did
> an excellent job painting that locomotive, as he
> does with all of the D&SNG equipment.


I knew the 476 was essentially retired, barring a very major rebuild. What is the status of 473 and 478? Are they both now out of service? I've been out of touch with the Durango scene for a while. I assume 480, 481, 482, and 486 are doing the heavy lifting now? Interesting--all engines that spent a chunk of the 1950's in Salida.