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Posted: 30 Sep 2017

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Durango & Silverton Rwy (# 0325)

Durango & Silverton Rwy (# 0325)
The railyard of the Durango & Silverton, in Durango, CO.

The Durango & Silverton is a narrow-gauge railroad derived from the narrow-gauge Denver & Rio Grande. The D&RG narrow-gauge opened in 1882 and operated as both a freight and passenger railroad serving much of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico until the 1970’s; with the exception of the Cumbres & Toltec and this, the narrow-gauge has either been abandoned or converted to standard-gauge. The section of narrow-gauge between Durango and Silverton became the Durango & Silverton Narrow-gauge passenger (tourist) railroad in 1981. The Wikipedia page provides a comprehensive overview of the railroad:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango_and_Silverton_Narrow_Gauge_Railroad

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 slgwv
slgwv
In 1966, when I first rode the Silverton on a family trip, my dad & I wandered around the switchyard after returning to Durango. There were lots and lots of narrow-gage freight cars--at that time they were still running freight. They shut down the freight service in 1968, IIRC.
9.0 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv
The Cumbres and Toltec runs over a portion of those lines. From what I had found, they ran that line from Durango into the 60's -- I didn't pick up the exact year.
Cumbres & Toltec Railroad (# 0090)
9.0 years ago.

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