Tag
narrow gauge
5 Porch Notes tagged “narrow gauge,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - La Plata County
Durango exists because of a railroad and the mines it served
The narrow-gauge railroad between Durango and Silverton was built to move ore from the San Juan mines, and it helps explain why Durango sits where it does.
Read note ->History and culture - Summit County
Boreas Pass Road was once a high narrow-gauge railroad
The gravel road over Boreas Pass between Breckenridge and Como follows the old grade of the Denver, South Park & Pacific narrow-gauge railroad.
Read note ->History and culture - Montrose County
Montrose grew up around the railroad in the 1880s
The town of Montrose dates to the early 1880s, when the Denver and Rio Grande narrow-gauge railroad reached the Uncompahgre Valley and turned it into a regional shipping and supply hub.
Read note ->History and culture - San Miguel County
The Galloping Goose: how a struggling railroad kept Telluride connected
The narrow-gauge Rio Grande Southern once served Telluride, and during hard times it ran odd rail cars called Galloping Geese to keep going.
Read note ->History and culture - Jefferson County
Colorado's narrow-gauge railroad history lives in Golden
The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden preserves locomotives and cars from the state's narrow-gauge lines, on a site near Clear Creek between the Table Mountains.
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