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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.
Creede Branch: Alamosa to Creede; Alamosa–Durango line (San Juan Extension): Alamosa to Durango. Santa Fe Branch: Antonito to Santa Fe. La Madera Branch: Taos Junction to La Madera; Chama Lumber Spur: Chama (Biggs Junction) to Tierra Amarilla; Pagosa Springs Branch: Gato (Pagosa Junction) to Pagosa Springs; Rio Grande and Southwestern ...
Engine 473 served frequently on the Chili Line that operated between Antonito, Colorado and Santa Fe, New Mexico, until the line was abandoned in 1941. 476 and 478 saw an extensive service on the San Juan passenger train, which ran between Durango, Colorado and Alamosa, Colorado until 1951. 473, 476 and 478 operated on the Silverton Branch from ...
A surviving portion of the narrow gauge track in the route is the 64 miles (103 km) long Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad between Antonito and Chama which calls its westbound train the Colorado Limited and its eastbound train the New Mexico Express. The line from Antonito to Alamosa is now standard gauge only and belongs to the San Luis and Rio ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Alameda Belt Line; Alamosa–Durango line; Alhambra–San Gabriel Line; Annandale Line; Argentine Central Railway; Arrowhead Line;
Silverton Railway Silverton Railway 1904 1922 N/A Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad: 1899 1915 Silverton Northern Railroad: Silverton Northern Railroad: 1895 1941 N/A South Park and Leadville Short Line Railroad: 1885 1900 N/A Southern San Luis Valley Railroad: SSLV 1953 1996 N/A State Line and Denver Railway: DRGW: 1889 1889 Rio ...
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 ...
The Colorado and Southern 3-ft-gauge lines were formed in 1898 from the Colorado Central and the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroads.The narrow gauge operations had four distinct portions: the Platte Canyon Line from Denver to Como, the Gunnison Line from Como to Gunnison via Alpine Tunnel, Highline between Como and Leadville, and the Clear Creek rail line from Denver to Silver Plume.