I'm playing around with a new scanner and this picture I took in 1957 is where the drop bottom gons were loaded in Durango--through the long lumber sheds of what became Federal Lumber next to the Animas River, to the left in this photo. This is currently part of Albertson's, most likely in the parking lot nearest to the store building. I don't recall seeing very many, if any, photos of this loading area.
We hit -28 last night in Silverton, and I do have one frozen pipe out of that--not too bad. I'm not sure how this photo link will work, and it may give access to all my pictures, but this is the only railroad one, the others all relate to printing.