This remarkable surviving remnant from days long ago is a water tank on a branch of the Denver and Rio Grand Railroad that connected Durango and Farmington, New Mexico. Initially known as the "Red Apple Flyer" for the delicious cargo it carried, the line acutally survived into the 1950s because it carried pipe and supplies for the burgeoning gas fields in the San Juan Basin. The current owner is trying hard to find resources to preserve it and has nominated the property to Colorado's Endangered Places list in hopes of raising awareness and assistance. More power to him!
