Engine 482

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Engine 482

Artist

Jeff Swan

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Photograph - Photography

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Headquarters
Durango, Colorado

Website
www.durangotrain.com


Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad


U.S. National Register of Historic Places


U.S. National Historic Landmark

DurangoSilverton1.jpg

Highline above Animas Canyon





Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is located in Colorado

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad



Location
Durango, Colorado
Silverton, Colorado

Coordinates
37��17��51��N 107��52��14��WCoordinates: 37��17��51��N 107��52��14��W

Built
1882

Architect
General William J. Palmer

Governing body
Private

NRHP Reference #

66000247
[1][2]

Significant dates


Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966

Designated NHL
July 4, 1961

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad that operates 45.2 miles (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and is also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

The route was originally opened in 1882 by the Denver & Rio Grande Railway (D&RG) to transport silver and gold ore mined from the San Juan Mountains. The line was an extension of the D&RG 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line from Antonito, Colorado, to Durango. The last train to operate into Durango from the east was on December 6, 1968. The states of New Mexico and Colorado purchased 64 miles between Antonito and Chama, New Mexico, in 1970 and operates today as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Trackage between Chama and Durango was removed by 1971.

The line from Durango to Silverton has run continuously since 1881, although it is now a tourist and heritage line hauling passengers, and is one of the few places in the U.S. which has seen continuous use of steam locomotives. In March 1981, the Denver & Rio Grande Western sold the line and the D&SNG was formed.[3]

Some rolling stock dates back to the 1880s. Trains operate from Durango to the Cascade Wye in the winter months and Durango-Silverton during the summer months. Durango depot was built in January 1882 and has been preserved in original

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