Tag
narrow gauge railroad
5 Porch Notes tagged “narrow gauge railroad,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Clear Creek County
The Georgetown Loop is a railroad built to climb a wall
The Georgetown Loop is a restored narrow-gauge railroad that loops over itself to climb between Georgetown and Silver Plume, with a historic silver-mine tour on the route.
Read note ->History and culture - San Juan County
The Durango–Silverton train was built to haul ore, not tourists
The narrow-gauge railroad that climbs to Silverton was built in the early 1880s to move ore and supplies, and it is now a National Historic Landmark that still runs in summer.
Read note ->History and culture - Gunnison County
The Alpine Tunnel: a narrow-gauge railroad under the Divide
The Alpine Tunnel Historic District preserves the railbed and stone tunnel where a narrow-gauge line once crossed the Continental Divide into Gunnison County.
Read note ->History and culture - Park County
Como exists because of a narrow-gauge railroad, and its stone roundhouse still stands
Como was a junction town on the Denver, South Park and Pacific narrow-gauge railroad, and its 1880s stone roundhouse, depot, and hotel complex are listed on the National Register.
Read note ->History and culture - Chaffee County
The Alpine Tunnel was a narrow-gauge railroad bore under the Continental Divide
Above St. Elmo, the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad drove the Alpine Tunnel through the Continental Divide in the early 1880s, and the abandoned railbed and tunnel are now a protected historic district reaching into Chaffee County.
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