I get this call at around 4 in the morning from one of my friends who works for the D&RGW, we had been staying in Durango, but we got news today that both the 485 and the 480 would end up meeting just south of Durango, so we grabbed out camera gear, got into the Jeep, and headed out.
We caught the 480 just outside Durango heading south with a loaded pipe train.
We caught the 485 just coming through La Plata, not far from the Colorado/ New Mexico state line.
We paced the 485 till it pulled into a passing track just north of La Plata.
The empty train didn't spend much time in the hole before the 480 showed up with the southbound loaded pipe train.
Ah Ha! A hobo riding in one of the empty pipe gons snapped this shot!
The 480 heads on south toward La Plata, and ultimately Farmington.

We caught the 480 just outside Durango heading south with a loaded pipe train.

We caught the 485 just coming through La Plata, not far from the Colorado/ New Mexico state line.

We paced the 485 till it pulled into a passing track just north of La Plata.

The empty train didn't spend much time in the hole before the 480 showed up with the southbound loaded pipe train.

Ah Ha! A hobo riding in one of the empty pipe gons snapped this shot!

The 480 heads on south toward La Plata, and ultimately Farmington.