Originally Posted by hometeam (Post 12975643)

Soo.. coincidence.

I will be in Durango area vacationing the 5th/6th/7th and plan to do the silverton train thing too.

We got a really kickass little yurt on AIRBNB but we planned way ahead

Originally Posted by KranzDictum (Post 12975575)

We had a 1st gen with the 5.7 liter Hemi. It was a dealer demo deal. Didn't need it after my dad sold his boat but it would move.

Replaced it 12 years later with a 3rd gen 6 cylinder. I love the 6, we drove out to DC from Chicago on a tank of gas, it gets better mileage than my 3 series BMW and still has enough power to get up and down switch backs on the Lincoln Highway in Penn. My wife misses the power of the Hemi but I am happy with the 6. Didn't have any room to work in the engine compartment, will only need 6 plugs instead of 16. A year later still getting used to the auto shutoff at a complete stop, now have to hit a switch as we pull out of our suburb as it shuts off at the stop sign there. I leave it on if I am on a road with a lots of traffic lights but if I am just driving around our town I shut it off.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 12975888)

My first ever trip to Silverton was a business trip. I'd only lived in Colorado for a year or so and went all over the state on a project for the governor's office to listen to economic development ideas and concerns.

Keep in mind that there are less than 1,000 people in this county, but the county courthouse is a nice-sized building that was built back when it was a booming mining town. I went into the county courthouse to meet my appointment, and one of the workers in there was really into missing people. The walls were full of missing person posters from all over the country.

Now envision how creepy it is to go into a big old building in a tiny county of 1,000 people up in the mountains, in a town of 500 people, and then you see a couple of hundred missing persons signs on the wall.

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo (Post 12976089)

CW McCall The Silverton Train nice pics in this video

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 12976092)

Breaker 1-9 for the Rubber Ducky

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo (Post 12976093)

Yeah, that's a big ten 4 ther, Pig Pen, yeah we definitely got the door, good buddy

Murcy, Sakes, Alive, Looks like we got ourselves a convoy..

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 12976098)

Hey good lookin' we'll be back to pick you up later!!

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo (Post 12976108)

Mercy sakes alive, Pig Pen, I think your coming on to me

Not that there's anything wrong with that

This here is the Rubber Ducky I'm out

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 12976110)

I was mashing up these two references.

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****, FOX made sure this was only available in Spanish. Plus it cuts off before the 'back to see you later' he says to Marge.

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 12975809)

That cuda gotta Commando?

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 12975905)

Pretty sure there wasn't a 5.7 hemi option in the first generation.

Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 12975345)

I took the short steam train ride in Georgetown a few years back so I've had a taste of the cinders.

Been to Co Springs and the Royal Gorge and Pike's Peak, but not Cave of the Winds. We probably won't get back to that area this time around as we're heading to our favorite place in Estes Park afterwards.