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Butler, Michael

 
9781634993821: Tracking the Narrow Gauge from Chama to Durango
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1634993829 ISBN 13 : 9781634993821
Editeur : America Through Time, 2022

Synopsis

Explores the lost 111-mile segment of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad between Chama and Durango, featuring maps, photos, and the history of abandoned tracks.

In the late 1800s, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad founder William Jackson Palmer had a dream of building a railroad from Denver south to Mexico City. While his dream ended at Santa Fe, New Mexico, greater profits were realized by extending his narrow-gauge railroad west across Colorado and New Mexico to Durango and the mines at Silverton. Rocky Mountain railfans and history buffs have long been familiar with the two remaining segments of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's narrow-gauge route: the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, and the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. These two railroads carry thousands of tourists every year. But what about the 111 miles between the two? What happened to the segment between Chama and Durango? Long since abandoned, travelers today can track this route along the highways and back roads of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. With maps and historic and contemporary photographs, this book points the way to rediscovering this lost trackage. Branch lines, including logging railroads and the Farmington Branch, are also included, so the traveler has a complete guide to finding this long-gone section of the narrow-gauge railroad.

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À propos de l'auteur

MIKE BUTLER is a retired administrator from the Denver Parks & Recreation Department. With a Bachelor of Science in Education degree, he has been a high school teacher, employee trainer, and program speaker. Since retirement he has written seven books:
Around The Spanish Peaks; Great Sand Dunes National Park; O.T. Davis: Southern Colorado Collection; Littleton; High Road To Taos; and for America Through Time, Tracking The Chili Line Railroad To Santa Fe; and Getting Around In Glacier National Park.

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Éditeur
America Through Time
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1634993829
ISBN 13 
9781634993821
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
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Personne responsable
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