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FirstTracks
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May 16, 2019

Video: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (CO)

While camping in nearby Mancos State Park, we take a ride aboard this famed heritage coal-fired steam-powered railway that dates to 1882, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark and Histo...
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FirstTracks
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May 16, 2019
BB_TX wrote:
If you enjoy the old narrow gauge steam railroads give the Cumbres & Toltec a try. You will enjoy it also. Take it from the Antonito end, just south of Alamosa.


It's already on the list. Along with the D&SNGRR it's the only remaining vestige of the Denver & Rio Grande's once vast narrow gauge network.

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