Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Colo.)
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Al Look discusses his days spent in the Durango, Colorado area, including his time as a homesteader near Dove Creek, his exploration of Mesa Verde’s Anasazi ruins, and his job as an advertising agent for the Durango Herald newspaper. He also talks about his knowledge of the Durango Silverton Railroad. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums...
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Narrow gauge railroad train leaving Silverton, Colorado. Mountain in the background.
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The last of the famous old narrow gauge railroads, still operating in Southwestern Colorado. Freight lines and Summer Passenger service operate from Durango and Silverton. These famous little trains made history in the early days of the West.
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Silverton, Colorado. Terminal of the Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, visited each summer by thousands of tourists who ride the train then drive over the Million Dollar Highway pictured here to see more of the high country.
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A train leaving town. There are houses in the distance as the train travels away from them.
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Picture of the Durango and Silverton train winding its way through the mountainside.
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Mountains in the background. A road with a red car driving on it. You can see the town off to the right side in the distance.
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Mountains overlooking the town. Trees are shown on the slope of the mountain at the bottom right of the photograph.
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In the distance several mountains overlook a lake. In front of the lake is a small home and several cars. Trees decorate the area around the lake.
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Mountains in the background overlooking the town. Street details are visible in this photograph.
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A view of a train traveling through the mountains, over a river. Caption on front reads "Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge".
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Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Locomotive 482 leaves Silverton on its trek back to Durango
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Photograph of narrow gauge engine #499 traveling through a valley. The snowplow/cow catcher on the front of the engine is quite battered.
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A color postcard of the train as smoke billows out of the train. There are mountains in the background and some clouds are visible in the background.
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Picture of a narrow gauge passenger train traveling through the Las Animas River Canyon with mountains all around, on the trip between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.
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Picture of the narrow gauge train traveling through Animas Canyon alongside the river on the trip between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.
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Leaving Silverton, Colorado on the scenic mountain return trip to Durango. (Engine #478 pulls an 8+ car train.)
