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The San Juan Express (also known as simply the San Juan) was a narrow gauge train that ran on the 3 feet (0.91 m) Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) route from Durango, Colorado via Chama, New Mexico; Cumbres Pass; and Antonito, Colorado to Alamosa, Colorado. The train ran from February 11, 1937 until January 31, 1951 as train ...
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.
Just like Stevie Nicks did in 1973, my mother, too, embarked upon a journey to Colorado 50 years ago. While she wasn’t traveling to Aspen, she did ride a steam train from Durango to Silverton.
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A couple taking a train ride through rural Colorado sent Bigfoot enthusiasts into a frenzy after posting footage of a mysterious figure walking through the mountains online – which many have ...
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.
Silverton Branch: Durango to Silverton; Moffat Line: Denver (Union Station) to Dotsero (Tennessee Pass Line) via Moffat Tunnel. Corona Line: Newcomb to Vasquez (old line over Corona Pass; abandoned when Moffat Tunnel opened) Craig Branch: Bond to Craig. Energy Spur: Hitchens to Energy; Rio Grande Southern Railroad: Ridgway (Ouray Branch) to Durango
Passengers on the Frostburg Flyer ride in vintage rail cars from Cumberland to Frostburg as the train ascends an impressive swath of the Allegheny Mountains. BRING THE KIDS: 5 best Mid-Atlantic ...