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| Author | : Michael Brown |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 70 |
| Release | : 2011-06-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1105626415 |
A history of the Denver & Rio Grande's Silverton Branch. Also includes a history of the Mears Short-lines. Discover the history of the line and how it went from a working railroad to the successful tourist line. Including many photographs and maps.
| Author | : Roger L. Hall |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 1961 |
| Genre | : Narrow gauge railroads |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : John B. Hungerford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 1956 |
| Genre | : Railroads |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : John B. Hungerford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : Colorado |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Doris B. Osterwald |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780931788802 |
Guidebook describes scenic viewpoints, plants, wildlife, geology, history along the route. Many photographs and maps.
| Author | : Allan C. Lewis |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738548593 |
In the 1880s, the Denver & Rio Grande began building its three-foot railroad toward the San Juan Mountains alongside the Animas River and the budding community of Durango. The D&RG quickly established itself in Durango, constructing a depot as well as a 45-mile connection to the regional mining hub of Silverton. Over 60 years, the towns, the railroad, and the mines it served would weather plummeting silver values and a turbulent economy. By the end of World War II, declining freight volumes left the future of the railroad in doubt, but by the late 1940s, a growing number of train enthusiasts were journeying to Durango for one last ride. The new popularity of the Silverton Branch brought rail fans to the area in increasing numbers through the 1950s. Today the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to preserve the region's railroading past and has become a unique aspect of the history of Southwestern Colorado.
| Author | : Doris B. Osterwald |
| Publisher | : Western Guideways, Limited |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780931788017 |
| Author | : Michael R. Boldrick |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1973 |
| Genre | : Narrow gauge railroads |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Michael Brown |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 2019-09-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0359828310 |
A photographic history of Colorado's Alpine Tunnel of the Denver South Park & Pacific railroad. The book includes many photographs and maps of the highest narrow gauge railroad tunnel built in the United States.
| Author | : Spencer Wilson |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 199 |
| Release | : 2012-06-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1614235791 |
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has operated for more than three decades as a tourist ride over the breathtaking Cumbres Pass, ten thousand feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. The sixty-four miles of the former San Juan Extension of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway were saved twice by volunteers from the railroad graveyard. In 1970, the States of Colorado and New Mexico bought the railroad, which runs from Chama, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, to Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. New Mexico historian and C&TSRR commissioner and spokesman Spencer Wilson offers an insiders account of this triumphant tale of historical preservationists succeeding on an impressive scale.
