WRECK OF THE 461

100 YEARS AGO From the December 31, 1921 edition of the Silverton Standard: ENGINES PLUNGE INTO ANIMAS RIVER, FIREMAN KILLED. Train No. 461, a mixed freight and passenger bound from Silverton to Durango, was wrecked Tuesday afternoon at about 4:30, three-fourths of a mile below Tacoma when the engines were thrown from the track by a rock and mud slide into the ...