Haven't seen it mentioned on here, nor lately on national news..did it get into town, or Silverton, or damage D&S infrastructure? Has it been brought under control? Hope it didn't get to mines in Red Mountain Pass or the restored mine in Red Mountain Town...
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Here is an article on the current status. http://www.newsweek.com/colora...cres-two-days-994620
Basically they are letting it burn, waiting for the July rains to help extinguish it. If you are looking for other stories on it, search for "416 fire."
Durango & Silverton resumed operations on June 22.
Heard on the news that they got an inch and a half of rain over the weekend - helped things a lot.
It's going to be a rough year over in that neck of the woods for fires. Reports from locals who live in and around the D&RGW narrow gauge country said that they had little to no snow this year. I know that the D&S is looking into converting the 491 K-37 class locomotive into an oil burner to help during particularly dry summer seasons, but that won't be done anytime soon since the 491 needs to undergo a full restoration. So far the C&T haven't had any trouble with fires (knock on wood), but the National Forest Service has just recently shut down parts of the Carson National Forest which the C&T runs through.
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