John L Mathis

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DRGW 315 backs to its train in Durango on September 26, 2007.

DRGW 2-8-0 315 backs to its train in Durango early on the morning of September 26, 2007. The diminutive locomotive first worked as Florence & Cripple creek #3, then in 1917 became the Denver & Rio Grande 425. In 1925 it acquired its current number 315 with the DRGW. For its inital run after its restoration it pulled a Trains Unlimited Tours mixed freight photographers special train.

Canon 1DSMKII - 1/320sec - f/4.0 - ISO 800 - Canon EF24-105mm f/4 L IS lens @40mm.