Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The train weaves past gorges and forests, rivers and bridges, the peaks of the San Juan mountain range of the Rockies outlined by Colorado’s vivid blue sky as tourists strain for a glimpse of ...
Colorado Central Railroad: Colorado Railroad: 1938 1957 N/A Colorado Railroad: CB&Q: 1906 1930 Colorado and Southern Railway: Colorado Railway: DRGW: 1883 1888 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Colorado Central Railroad: CB&Q: 1869 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway: Colorado Central and Pacific Railroad: CB&Q: 1866 1869 Colorado Central ...
Category: Transportation in San Juan County, Colorado. ... Silverton Railroad; U. U.S. Route 550 This page was last edited on 19 July 2011, at 14:28 (UTC). ...
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 ...
Sold to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 2004. Now operates as Golden City & San Juan No. 4. 7: Diesel (B-B) 87-Ton (Center-Cab) General Electric (GE) 1975: 39003: Algoma Steel Railroad: Operational: 2002–2021: Nicknamed the "Big Al". Sold to the Colorado Railroad Museum in December 2021 and later moved there on April 20, 2022. 9 – Diesel (B ...
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 Silverton Northern Railroad, now defunct, was an American 3 ft (914 mm) Narrow Gauge Railroad constructed to reach the mining area north of Silverton, Colorado along the upper Animas River. This line was the third railroad project built by known Colorado toll road builder and Russian Immigrant Otto Mears , beginning in 1889 as a branch of ...
Otto Mears (May 3, 1840 – June 24, 1931) was a Colorado railroad builder and entrepreneur who played a major role in the early development of southwestern Colorado. [1] [2] Mears was known as the "Pathfinder of the San Juans" because of his road and railroad building projects through Colorado's San Juan Mountains in the late 19th century. [3]