Wondering if anybody knows anything about this token I received as a gift from a friend. We both lived up in Silverton back in the early 80s. Wondered if anybody knew anything about these and when they were made. It is about the size have a half dollar.
I don't recall seeing them for sale when I rode the train from Durango to Silverton three years ago. I am guessing that is from the 1980s-1990s era
I didn't see them for sale either when we did it 16 years ago, but I did pick up this to-go cup which is still going strong. Pro tip - don't do the round trip if you suffer from motion sickness, or even if you don't. Take the one-way and ride the bus back. All that lurching even got to me, and my wife spend most of the return locked in the toilet puking.
I agree. I lived there and I rode it a couple of times Durango to Silverton. I can imagine if you rode it up and back down again on the same day it could be a bit much.
You can schedule stop on the D and S, they will still stop for you on the way up, nd stop for you to relieve your day.. Thats tough country.
That motion does nothing for me, but I've flown antique aircraft like Ford Trimotors, DC-3, and done lots of train rides and been out to sea on fishing trawlers and no motion sickness ever. I will say train rides are a lot smoother in Europe and China than they are in the USA because the tracks and roadbed are a lot newer and better maintained.
We spent 10 days in Japan this summer and I was amazed at how smooth all the trains we took were, longest was somewhere around 2 hours as I recall. Funny that the most lurchy one was the suspended monorail, which I think is relatively newer. My wife had it as a bucket list item for seemingly no reason other than to ride on it. I imagine the Durango-Silverton isn't an easy route to maintain. But wow, the way it lurched through all three dimensions was memorable. I remember that they stopped to pick up backpackers, and also at a water tank.
