D&S Cars

Passenger Equipment

The Durango & Silverton operates something over 40 passenger cars of various types. About half are enclosed coaches, with another 17 open gondolas, four private first-class cars, four concession cars, and two home-built glass-topped open observation cars.

Here are photos of nearly all the cars. The car roster is actually something of a moving target, what with ongoing restorations and the occasional renaming of cars.

(See Wikipedia for more details)

Concession Cars There are four of these. Only 212 and 126 are mates, although inside they are all laid out about the same.
	Concession Car 212 is a converted coach. These usually run dead-center in the train.	Concession Car 64 is a converted RPO.
	Concession Car 566, converted from Mail Car No. 14, seen in Silverton on 8/10/2007.	Concession car 126, built in 1883 as baggage car 27.
Coaches
	Combine 213 is an ADA-accessible coach, equipped with a wheelchair lift. Top: Lettered “HOME RANCH”, in 2006. Bottom: relettered “BITTER ROOT MINE” in mid-2008, evidently when repainted.	Coach 257, “SHENANDOAH”. Duck-bill roof.
	Coach 270, “PINKERTON” in 2006. Later upgraded and renamed ” Yankee Girl” (see below).	Coach 291, “KING MINE”, open vestibule
	Coach 311, “McPHEE”. Duck-bill roof.	Coach 319, “NEEDLETON”, is an enclosed-vestibule coach.
	Coach 323, “ANIMAS CITY”. Enclosed vestibule.	Coach 327, “DURANGO”, enclosed vestibule
	Coach 330, “CASCADE”, open vestibule	Coach 331, “TRIMBLE”, open vestibule
	Coach 332, “LA PLATA”	Coach 333, “TACOMA”, open vestibule
	Coach 334, “HERMOSA”, open vestibule	Coach 335,”Elk Park”
	Coach 336, “ROCKWOOD”, open vestibule	Coach 337, “SAN JUAN”, is a steel-sided coach, though overlain by wood.Later renamed “FORT LEWIS”
Open Gondola Cars
	Gondola No. 400, the lowest numbered. These cars were all converted from standard-gauge boxcars or stock cars, except for No. 410.	Gondola No. 401, in Silverton on 8/14/2012.
	Gondola 402, on the High Line. You can see the Animas Gorge in the background.
	Gondola No. 404, speeding past with riders delirious to be nearly home.	Gondola No. 406, as seen on March 13, 2010.
	Gondola No. 407, in the yard in Durango.	Gondola No. 408, on the High Line.
	Gondola No. 409, seen from the General Palmer hotel.	Gondola of unknown number, thanks to the strategically-placed foliage, passing under highway 550 in 2004.
	Gondola No. 411, in the yard in Durango.	Gondola No. 412, parked at Rockwood.
	Gondola No. 413, crossing highway 550.	Gondola No. 414, leaving Rockwood.
	Gondola 415 on the High Line.	Gondola 416, in Durango. Shown as the consist is being turned for the following day’s run.
Premium Gondolas
	Glass-top observation SILVER VISTA (No. 313). This car was built in 2006, but the design is based on the original car of the same name that ran dbetween 1947 and 1953, when it was tragically lost in a roundhouse fire in Alamosa. Note the flying lettering.
	Gondola No. 410, aka RIO GRANDE. This car was built in 1987, originally numbered 1002. It was painted like the rest of the gondola fleet; for a while it carried the name SILVER VISTA, until the 313 version was built. The 410 is configured as a luxury observation car, with better seating and repainted Tuscan to match the other first-class cars.
	Gondola Observation No. 314, aka KNIGHT SKY. Built by the D&SNG in early 2012 with a strong resemblance to the Silver Vista, this car is equipped with removable windows (installed during fall and winter so it can be enclosed in cold weather).
Premium and Private Cars
	First-class Parlor car ALAMOSA (No. 350), as seen in 2004.	First-class Parlor car ALAMOSA (No. 350), as seen in 2000. Prior to being repainted Tuscan. Parlor class.
	Coach 630, “PROSPECTOR”, 3/13/2010).	A TALL TIMBER coach (No. 632), seen on the High Line on 8/22/2009.
	Business car CINCO ANIMAS (No. B-2) in August 2001. Presidential Class.	CINCO ANIMAS (No. B-2), July 31, 2006.
	Private Car GENERAL PALMER (No. B-7), in Durango on August 26, 2007. Reserved for President Harper and his party.	Business Car NOMAD (No. B-3) in Silverton on August 10, 2007. Presidential class.
	Car 270, “YANKEE GIRL“, seen at Shalona (6/29/2016). Coach converted to a first class car.	Car 312, “SAN JUAN“, approaching the 550 overpass on a snowy December day in 2015.