October 2007

Well, on day 2 we boarded the steam locomotive for Silverton, a mining town up the canyon about 30 miles. The train only traveled about 15 miles per hour with 2 stops for water and one to unhook one of the locomotives when we had to cross a bridge that was not strong enough to carry two locomotives. (Because our train had so many cars and people, it took two steam locomotives hooked together to pull us up the mountain to Silverton) The locomotives really burn coal and put out cinders all over the place. And they have the steam whistle which is so cool.