SANTA ROSA, NM - - I was in Silverton, CO nearly 25 years ago doing a feature story on a U.S.-based German motorcycle tour operator hosting a group of German riders. This tough tour of duty allowed me two weeks of riding and sightseeing.Surprisingly, the town of Silverton has changed little in that time. The main drag is still paved...and all the side streets aren't. The big deal in town is still the before-Noon arrival of the Durango & Silverton train carrying tourists for a two hour layover before heading back down the narrow gauge tracks to Durango. The coal-fed steam locomotive might even be one of those doing the work way back when. In any case, the train still makes a nice pic. Note the gray sky to the top left. That's not haze, but snow in the air. It was the direction we were heading when we left town.
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