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The Burro Fire began on the opposite side of the Hermosa Creek Wilderness Area on June 8. [8] [22] As of July 2, 2018 the fire had spread to within 10 miles (16 kilometres) of the 416 fire and burned over 4,000 acres (1,619 ha). [8] By June 29, the 416 fire had expanded to 41,617 acres (16,842 ha) and was 37 percent contained.
Train entering Silverton Photo of the first trip of the "Painted Train" The D&RG Silverton arrives, pulling the glass-topped "Silver Vista" observation car in 1947.. William Jackson Palmer (1836–1908) was a former Union General (serving in the American Civil War) who came to Colorado after managing the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway into Denver in 1870.
The video was an unusual capture for passengers on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, the breathtaking scenic rail line for which the region is most famous. Tourism accounts for 86 per ...
Crews worked for days in rough terrain building fire lines meant to contain the blaze, lines that may be put to the test Friday as winds pick up. Perins Peak Fire west of Durango reaches 36% ...
None were issued in 1891, but the 1892 passes good on both Mear's Silverton and Rio Grande Southern Railroads were of silver filigree, and three were made of gold. [2] The Silverton Railroad was the first of several railroad projects by Otto Mears, the famed "Pathfinder of the San Juans". Construction of the line began in 1887 and reached Burro ...
Multiple agencies joined forces in battling the East Canyon Fire in Montezuma County, Colorado, which had burned through more than 2,500 acres as of Wednesday, June 17.According to reports from ...
Gold Bond of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, issued 1. July 1890. The Rio Grande Southern Railroad (reporting mark RGS, also referred to as "The Southern") was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad which ran in the southwestern region of the US state of Colorado, from the towns of Durango to Ridgway, routed via Lizard Head Pass.
The Alamosa–Durango line or San Juan extension was a railroad line built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, following the border between the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico, in the Rocky Mountains. The line was originally built as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line between Alamosa, Colorado, and Durango, Colorado.