Durango Silverton Engine 103 is a photograph by Christiane Schulze Art And Photography which was uploaded on July 20th, 2022.
Durango Silverton Engine 103
Copyright: Christiane Schulze 2022
D&S 103, built by Alco-MLW is a DL-535E built in May 1969. It was built as White Pass & Yukon 103... more
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Durango Silverton Engine 103
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Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
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Photograph - Photography - Digital Photography
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Copyright: Christiane Schulze 2022
D&S 103, built by Alco-MLW is a DL-535E built in May 1969. It was built as White Pass & Yukon 103 and then went to Sociedad Colombiana de Transport Ferroviaro 1103 (Colombia) in 1992. In 1999 it went back to WPYR and then was sold to the D&S in May of 2021.
The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (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.[3]
The route was originally opened in 1882 by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) to transport silver and gold ore mined from the San Juan Mountains. The line was an extension of the D&RG 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line from Antonito, Colorado to Durango. The last train to operate into Durango from the east was on December 6, 1968. The states of New Mexico and Colorado purchased 64 miles of track between Antonito and Chama, New Mexico in 1970, which is operated today as the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TSRR). Trackage between Chama and Durango was removed by 1971
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