Durango, Colorado
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Photo of the oldest engine in Colorado, #346. Clear, blue skies overhead.
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A silver U. S. mail rail truck, the Galloping Goose, sits on railroad tracks, a snow plow attached to the front.
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Color photo of the Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Train traveling along the sheer edge of a cliff.
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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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View of a narrow gauge railroad train traveling on cliffs high above a river on the trip between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.
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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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Photograph of the narrow gauge railroad crossing the Animas River near Silverton, high in the rugged San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado. The 90-mile round trip from Durango is made daily in the tourist season.
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1910 flood in Durango, Colorado. Shows washed-out railroad bridge.
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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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Mountains overlooking Silverton. A train is traveling away from the town.
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Picture of Denver & Rio Grand [sic] train traveling through Cumbres Pass.
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Picture of the Denver and Rio Grande passenger train traveling through the mountains.
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Picture of the Durango and Silverton train winding its way through the mountainside.
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Narrow gauge train traveling along the edge of a cliff in the Animas River canyon on the run between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.
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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.
