Narrow Guage Train Drop-Off Penny Smasher #1
Posted by: brwhiz
N 37° 48.641 W 107° 39.776
13S E 265580 N 4188151
This is one of two four-design Penny Smashers at the point where the Durango & Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad drops off its passangers at 220 E 12th Street in Silverton, Colorado.
Waymark Code: WMCVNG
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2011
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The Silverton Trading Post, which owns these machines and used to be located at this address, has moved to a different location but has left the machines here because of the high level of traffic from the narrow guage railway. The Smashers are on the front porch of the building which is on the south side of the railroad tracks.
The designs for this machine are:
(h) Trout Fishing
(h) Steam Locomotive
(h) Hiker in Mountains
(h) Eagle
All images were crisp and clear but a trifle short on copper pennies. The selection wheel was out of synch with the dies and had to be positioned one full turn past the usual point where the dots line up.