The Durango & Silvterton Line

[Bob Boze Bell]

August 20, 2012

We filmed five new True West Moments on the Presidential run of the Durango & Silverton Railroad last Saturday. After grabbing two segments at the station we headed up into the mountains and stopped for a camera pass at this bridge and I filmed one about how outlaws like the Wild Bunch actually robbed trains (as opposed to the Hollywood version where they attack on horseback.)

 

This photo was snapped by Kristi Cohen, one of the passengers on the special True West Railfest run.

 

 

We stopped at Cascade for lunch and I did another one in front of the locomotive which was used in the movie "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" back in 1968 (they filmed in 1968, film came out the next year):

 

That's my producer, Jeff Hildebrandt to the left of the camera. Patrick, the director is at right. The film crew was from Telluride. The new Moments should start running next month. Unlike most of our other shoots we didn't have a teleprompter and I had to memorize the scripts. I actually nailed several of the scripts on the first take, which elicited this comment from my partner:

 

"Well, if it isn't One-Take-Boze."

—Ken Amorosano

 

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[Wolfgang]

Great stuff Bob . . . . .    :)

[Murray A. Gewirtz]

Bob, is Jeff Hildebrandt related to the excellent illustrator brothers Greg and Tim Hildebrandt ?

[DieselDaze]

That is awesome. Now I'm really looking forward to seeing these "True West Moments"

[Margaret-Anne Moore]

Hello One-Take!

[Margaret-Anne Moore]

My mother and I rode the train a good many, many years ago.  I have no idea where Cascade is, but we stopped and ate in Silverton, and I got some good shots with our camera partially hanging out the train window.  It was an experience.

[Bob Boze Bell]

Cascade is essentially three-and-a-half hours up the mountain and approximately half-way to Silverton. They turn around on a Y there and come back down. It's a delightful trip and includes the Highline, the most spectacular ledge on the line.

[Fred Weldon]

We'll be ridin' it next month. Darn,missed my chance to disrupt another one of your shoots ;) :D

[Bob Boze Bell]

That's okay Fred. We're still trying to recover from your last intrusion. Ha.