Scenic route
Durango & Silverton
Durango → Silverton · United States
- Distance
- 72 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 29 km/h
- Operator
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Train
- Coal-fired K-36 steam
- Countries
- United States
- In service since
- 1882
- Riders per year
- ≈ 200k
1882 gold-rush narrow gauge — steam-hauled ever since, on the Highline ledge blasted 120 m above the Animas River gorge.
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