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Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

About Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 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 was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968. 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 US which has seen continuous use of steam locomotives.

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Heritage railway
Opened
1881

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  1. Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, La Plata County01La Plata CountypixelFire · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  4. Belly on the Road Crossing Railroad Tracks04Belly on the Road Crossing Railroad Trackscogdogblog · CC BY 2.0
  5. SIlverton-Durango Rail05SIlverton-Durango Railcogdogblog · CC BY 2.0
  6. Tamper06TamperFerrous Büller from Portland, Oregon, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

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