Rails Around Durango, Colorado by Allan C. Lewis

Rails Around Durango, Colorado



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Rails Around Durango, Colorado Allan C. Lewis
Page: 127
ISBN: 9780738548593
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC

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 MORE EBOOKS:







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