D&S builds new Silver Vista

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:41 pm

In the early 1950s, the D&RGW built a glass-topped observation car for the Silverton run, called the Silver Vista. After just a bit of use, the car was badly burned in a shop fire at Alamosa, and not rebuilt. D&S is now building a new version of the popular car:

http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/articl ... 0319_3.htm

Another photo:

http://www.ngdiscussion.net/cgi-bin/NGD ... read=72341

tomgears · **Posted:** Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:14 pm

Was the frame of the first Silver Vista rebuilt into something else?

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:00 pm

Someone on the Narrow Gauge Discussion Forum would probably know where the parts went. Some photos of the original car, including after the fire can be found here:

http://photoswest.org:8080/cgi-bin/cw_c ... 374+1+10+1

johnacraft · **Joined:** Thu Aug 26, 2004 2:53 pm **Posts:** 660

tomgears wrote:

Was the frame of the first Silver Vista rebuilt into something else?

The original was based on a wood-framed coach. There would have been nothing left but the truss rods.

JAC