Along the Animas River - Action on the Durango & Silverton DVD
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Along the Animas River - Action on the Durango & Silverton DVD Highball Productions ATAW-DVD
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Exciting narrow gauge steam action in the spectacular scenery of Coloradoís Animas River Canyon. A fall Durango & Silverton photographers special provides both sunny and moody, atmospheric weather, and a winter special has glorious sunshine with deep snow. K-28 2-8-2 #478 is the power for the specials, and K-36 2-8-2ís are in charge of the regular passenger trains. Don't miss the action! Narration on/off and a marker for each train.

Widescreen version. Plays on any TV.


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DVD Item#:ATAW-DVD
Blu-ray Item#:BRATA
Runtime:1 Hour, 30 Mins ($0.22/min)
Producer:Highball Productions
Aspect Ratio:Wide Screen
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Shrink Wrapped?:NO!
Disc Type:DVD or BLU-RAY
Region Code:0 Worldwide NTSC
Along the Animas River - Action on the Durango & Silverton DVD
Ricky Freni (Revere beach Massachusetts) on 2026-02-10 20:20:12.

  •  5 of 5


This 2011 Program showcases a variety of steam on the former Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Silverton Branch located on the Western end of the railroad’s 4th division including 486 &amp; 478 at the Durango Depot area passing by a since overhauled McDonald’s location &amp; one of the Railroad’s Center Cab diesels that was used for yard work only before the Former White Pass &amp; Yukon Diesels came to Colorado following the disastrous Wildfire in 2018, as well as 478 on a fall photo special, plus 486 on the service train, not to mention 478 Double-heading with 481 on another day before the K-36 has some engine troubles &amp; was removed at Rockwood, &amp; 478 on the Cascade Canyon Winter train that also includes riding footage through the snow from onboard.<br><br><br>All in all, Peter Crook did a decent job narrating this program

Additional remarks by Ricky Freni:
Narration: Could have used more.
Narration CAN be turned off in special features.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value:: Fair.
Recommend to others? Definitely.

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Along the Animas River - Action on the Durango & Silverton DVD
Rail Buff (Southern California) on 2016-03-24 14:46:52.

  •  4 of 5


A bit disappointing. The scenery is fantastically beautiful. The snow scenes are unique among movies of this route I have seen. However, when I checked the box "needs more narrative" I mean a LOT more narrative. The presentation, IMO, was a bit disjointed and sometimes disorienting and without a "story line". I often couldn't tell in which direction a train was going, to Durango or to Silverton. Also a number of triple consecutive runs of the same scene, just different camera angles. Trying to show something unique for this often photographed subject is a difficult thing to do, I'm sure, but here Highball has largely succeeded, especially with the snow scenes. Still it's a "keeper" because of the scenery.

Additional remarks by Rail Buff:
Narration: Could have used more.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value: Good Value
Recommend to others? Yes.

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