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The Silverton Railroad is remembered for the innovative solutions to difficult engineering problems presented by the steep, mountainous terrain which were devised by the railroad's chief locating engineer, Charles Wingate Gibbs – the Chattanooga Loop, the depot in a wye at Red Mountain, and a covered turntable on the main track at Corkscrew ...
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.
[1] [2] [3] The road crests at Black Bear Pass, elevation 12,840 feet (3,910 m), and descends over a set of switchbacks as it navigates the heights above Telluride. [1] The road passes Bridal Veil Falls, the highest waterfall in Colorado. [1] In 1975, the road was the subject of a spoken-word song and album of the same title by country musician ...
A southbound Santa Fe coal train underneath Pikes Peak, on the Colorado Joint Line out of Denver, April 1983. The first set of tracks in the area were laid by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1871. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway laid their tracks parallel to the D&RG in 1888.
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, often abbreviated as the C&TSRR, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 64 miles (103 km) of track between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico, in the United States.
Durango is the Home Rule City that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. [1] The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States Census . [ 5 ]
Engine 42 and a caboose running from Grady, located east of Mancos, Colorado to Durango was the last train movement on the RGS. In 1953 the engine was sold to the Narrow Gauge Motel in Alamosa. In 1958 the 42 was sold to Magic Mountain Amusement Park in Golden, Colorado , where it was converted to burn fuel oil and operated for a short time.
No. 191 was purchased by the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1973 and returned to its home state, later receiving a cosmetic restoration for public display. Currently lettered for the Denver Leadville & Gunnison Railroad, No. 191 is the oldest locomotive in the state of Colorado. Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 683: 1890 Display