Rails Around Durango

Author: Allan C. Lewis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738548593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
In the 1880s, the Denver & Rio Grande began building its three-foot railroad toward the San Juan Mountains alongside the Animas River and the budding community of Durango. The D&RG quickly established itself in Durango, constructing a depot as well as a 45-mile connection to the regional mining hub of Silverton. Over 60 years, the towns, the railroad, and the mines it served would weather plummeting silver values and a turbulent economy. By the end of World War II, declining freight volumes left the future of the railroad in doubt, but by the late 1940s, a growing number of train enthusiasts were journeying to Durango for one last ride. The new popularity of the Silverton Branch brought rail fans to the area in increasing numbers through the 1950s. Today the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to preserve the region's railroading past and has become a unique aspect of the history of Southwestern Colorado.

Durango to Silverton by Narrow Gauge Rails

Author: Spencer Crump
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 79

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Durango to Silverton

Author: Spencer Crump
Publisher: Route 66 Magazine
ISBN: 9780918376107
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Cinders & Smoke

Author: Doris B. Osterwald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931788802
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Guidebook describes scenic viewpoints, plants, wildlife, geology, history along the route. Many photographs and maps.

Thirty Pound Rails

Author: Kelly Choda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description

Durango

Author: Richard L. Dorman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961665616
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Cinders & Smoke

Author: Doris B. Osterwald
Publisher: Western Guideways, Limited
ISBN: 9780931788017
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Seasons of the Narrow Gauge

Author: Duane A. Smith
Publisher: Durango Herald Small Press
ISBN: 9781887805360
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Book Description
"Though the mining boom has passed, the railroad endures. riders board the train filled with a sense of adventure and excitement much like their predecesoors first did 129 years ago..."--P. [4] of cover.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge

Author: Duane A. Smith
Publisher: Cheshire Moon Publications, L.L.C.
ISBN: 9781889459127
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge -- A Quick History, sets the scene for the historcal and still present Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. The land, the people, the events included in this book bring the colorful history of railroading in Southwest Colorado to life, and provides a way to relive "yesterday's" train ride today, traveling through some of the most pristene and beautiful scenery in Colorado.

The Train to Yesterday

Author: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 17

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