She was born one mornin' on a Sun Juan summer back
in 18-an'-80-an'-1
She was a beautiful daughter of the D & RG and she
weighed about a thousand ton
Well it's a 45 mile thru the Animas Canyon so they
set her on the narrow-guage
She drunk a whole lotta water and she ate a lotta
coal
And they called her the Silverton (Silverton
Train)
(Here comes the Silverton up from Durango
Here come the Silverton a shovelin' coal
Here comes the Silverton up from the canyon
See the smoke and hear the whistle blow)

Well now listen to the whistle in the rockwood cut
on the high line to Silverton Town
And you're gonna get a shiver when you check out
the river
Which is four hundred feet straight down
Take on some water and the Needleton tank and then
I struggle up a two-five grade
And by the time you get your hide past the
snowshed slide
You've had a ride on the Silverton (Silverton
Train)
(Here comes the Silverton...
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(Here comes the Silverton...

Now down by the station early in the mornin'
there's a whole lotta people in line
And they all got a ticket on the train to
yesterday and it's a gonna leave on time
Well it's a 45 mile thru the Animas Canyon so they
set her on the narrow-guage
She takes a whole lotta water and she ate a lotta
coal
And they called her the Silverton (Silverton
Train)
(Here comes the Silverton...
(Here comes the Silverton...