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News photos: Final coal-fired train at Durango & SilvertonBy Trains Staff | March 25, 2024K-36 No. 481 will join rest of roster in conversion to oil firing
DURANGO, Colo. — The final chapter of the long history of coal-powered trains on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad came Saturday, March 23, with a round-trip excursion between Durango and Cascade, Colo., handled by a Baldwin Class K-36 2-8-2 No. 481.
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The railroad had originally planned to keep No. 481 coal-fired until the end of its current 1,481-day boiler certification, but said earlier this year that business had reached the point that it needed to know every steam locomotive was available [see “Durango & Silverton runs its final coal-powered photo snow train,” News Wire, Feb. 16, 2024].
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