Iron Horse Bicycle Classic
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$1,300.00
$1,300.00
"Iron Horse Bicycle Classic"
Watercolor on Paper by Pat Howard
image: 25x10.5"
Durango Train and bicyclists
Inspired by the annual bike race started by a brakeman of the D & R G W railroad; The historic Durango train takes a shorter, easier route at a limited speed, so it is truly a race between man and machine. Each year hundreds of riders feel the thrill of descending into Silverton looking to see if the train has arrived.
The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic was the brain child of Tom Mayer and his older brother Jim. Jim worked as a brakeman on the D & R G W railroad which had run the steam powered locomotive between Durango and Silverton since the 1880's. Tom was a young bicycle enthusiast who grew up alongside the tracks to Silverton.
Tom challenged Jim to a race to Silverton. As the train came by the house, the steam whistle screamed and Tom climbed on his trusty steel framed 10 speed and pedaled up over the rim of the old volcano and descended into the caldera to the mining town of Silverton.
Watercolor on Paper by Pat Howard
image: 25x10.5"
Durango Train and bicyclists
Inspired by the annual bike race started by a brakeman of the D & R G W railroad; The historic Durango train takes a shorter, easier route at a limited speed, so it is truly a race between man and machine. Each year hundreds of riders feel the thrill of descending into Silverton looking to see if the train has arrived.
The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic was the brain child of Tom Mayer and his older brother Jim. Jim worked as a brakeman on the D & R G W railroad which had run the steam powered locomotive between Durango and Silverton since the 1880's. Tom was a young bicycle enthusiast who grew up alongside the tracks to Silverton.
Tom challenged Jim to a race to Silverton. As the train came by the house, the steam whistle screamed and Tom climbed on his trusty steel framed 10 speed and pedaled up over the rim of the old volcano and descended into the caldera to the mining town of Silverton.
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