A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) train proceeds along the rocky "Highline" ridge high above the Animas River Valley in La Plata County, Colorado Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- photographer still image graphic government publication still image Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020. xxu 2015 monographic 2015-06-01 eng
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1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. No known restrictions on publication. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG is a narrow-gauge railroad that operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by the Denver & Rio Grande Railway to transport silver and gold ore mined from the San Juan Mountains. The line has run continuously since 1881, and some rolling stock dates to then. It is now strictly a tourist and heritage line hauling passengers and is one of the few places in the United States that has seen continuous use of steam locomotives. In March 1981, the Denver & Rio Grande Western sold the line, and the D&SNG was formed. Trains operate from Durango just 26 miles into the mountains in winter months and the full 45 miles to Silverton during warmer months. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. America Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Durango-to-Silverton Railroad Narrow-Gauge Railroads Scenic railroads Highline Animas River Valley United States Colorado La Plata County LC-DIG-highsm- 32656 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.32656 Carol M. Highsmith Archive (DLC) 00650024 Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- 2015632671 LC-DIG-highsm-32656 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/highsm.32656 aacr dcrmg DLC 151014 20250607070043.1 18910942 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)