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Photos: Little steamer that could

Jerry McBride

Herald Photo Editor

Tuesday, Jul 25, 2023 3:25 PM MT

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Adam Swanson, left, works on his 0-4-0 switcher steam engine with the help of Bill Severns, center, and Andy Saez on Tuesday at Saez’s railroad yard north of Durango. Saez built the first loop of 7.5-inch-wide train track in 1993 and now has about 5,000 feet of mainline track. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Adam Swanson, left, works on his 0-4-0 switcher steam engine with the help of Bill Severns, center, and Andy Saez on Tuesday at Saez’s railroad yard north of Durango. Saez built the first loop of 7.5-inch-wide train track in 1993 and now has about 5,000 feet of mainline track. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Andy Saez stands inside his depot on Tuesday that he built at his home in the Animas Valley north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Andy Saez stands inside his depot on Tuesday that he built at his home in the Animas Valley north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Andy Saez built the first loop of 7.5-inch-wide train track in 1993 in his backyard and now has about 5,000 feet of mainline track and a depot in the Animas Valley north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Andy Saez built the first loop of 7.5-inch-wide train track in 1993 in his backyard and now has about 5,000 feet of mainline track and a depot in the Animas Valley north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca

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