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The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad of Colorado was a heritage railway that operated from 2006 to 2019 in and around the San Luis Valley as a subsidiary of the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad. The heritage railroad ceased operating excursions following a wildfire that damaged some of their facilities, as well as the parent company SLRG entering ...
The Denver & Rio Grande Railway (D&RG) was incorporated on October 27, 1870, by General William Jackson Palmer (1836–1909), and a board of four directors. It was originally announced that the new 3 ft (914 mm) railroad would proceed south from Denver and travel an estimated 875 miles (1,408 km) south to El Paso via Pueblo, westward along the Arkansas River, and continue southward through the ...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Rio Grande Junction Railway: DRGW: 1889 1947 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Rio Grande, Pagosa and Northern Railroad: DRGW: 1899 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Rio Grande and Pagosa Springs Railroad: 1895 1914 N/A Rio Grande, Pueblo and Southern Railroad: DRGW: 1902 1908 Denver and Rio Grande ...
The oldest predecessor of the railroad was the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, which was chartered in 1870. The line over La Veta Pass to Alamosa and Antonito was originally envisioned as part of an ambitious and never-realized narrow gauge line linking Denver with Mexico City. The narrow gauge tracks crossed the pass in 1877 and reached ...
Today, the line is part of the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad, a class III railroad which also operates a seasonal excursion service. [5] The narrow-gauge portion between Antontio and Chama continues to operate as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad with two trains (one in each direction) traversing the route each day during summer months. [6]
A scenic railroad or scenic railway is a train service operating leisure tours of sights such as mountain scenery ... Rio Grande Scenic Railroad; Stone Mountain ...
Discover old United States rail corridors that have been turned into spectacularly scenic hiking and biking trails from the Eastern seaboard to the West Coast and everywhere in between. 20 ...
The Winter Park Express is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on winter weekends between Denver Union Station and Winter Park Resort, Colorado.The scenic 56-mile (90 km) route uses the same line as the California Zephyr, climbing 4,000 feet (1,200 m) into the Front Range and passing through 30 tunnels—including the historic 6.2-mile (10.0 km) Moffat Tunnel under the Continental Divide ...