Richard Wilcox and “Miss Kitty” pose with Al Harper, the owner of the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Train, on the first day of the season. Photo credit Ray Dileo
The famous Silverton Brass Band plays on the opening day of the DSNGRR train. Photo credit Ray Dileo
The Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad started the summer season of 2025 with two steam engine trains on Saturday, May 3rd, which was also the birthday of the narrow- gauge rail system of the San Juans founder, Otto Mears. Otto Mears was born on May 3rd, 1840, in Russia, and died at the ripe old age of ninety-one on June 24th, 1931, in Pasadena, California.
The first train th...