{"id":6178,"date":"2013-09-20T17:35:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T21:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=6178"},"modified":"2013-10-04T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T16:03:01","slug":"durango-silverton-railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=6178","title":{"rendered":"Durango-Silverton Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, September 20, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

We set the alarm for 6:30 this morning to arrive at the train station in time to ride on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. \u00a0It was a three and a half hour trip each way with a couple of hours to spend in Silverton, Colorado for lunch. \u00a0Our train departed at 8:45 AM and was scheduled to return at 6:00 PM. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Durango Railroad Station<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Passenger Car<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Outdoor Passenger Car<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Engine<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Engine and its Tender<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Interior of Passenger Car<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Conductor<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cross Over the Bridge<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sign Along the Route<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Interior of an Outdoor Car<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Around a Curve<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dropping Off Wilderness Hikers<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Almost to Silverton<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Silverton, Colorado<\/p>\n

Silverton, elevation 9,308 feet, was an old mining town nestled among the peaks of several mountains. \u00a0Today, with a population of about 500 people, it totally subsists on tourism mainly from the Durango\/Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. It was a colorful town and well worth a visit.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Another Street in Silverton, Colorado<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wagon Rides<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Grand Hotel<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lunch At Grumpy’s<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Interior of Grumpy’s<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lacey<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Commercial Street<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Back on the Train<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Heading Back to Durango<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rear Passenger Cars<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Commercial Sign in Silverton<\/p>\n

We arrived back in Durango about 6:00 o’clock. \u00a0It had been a full day. \u00a0We were tired and a bit sooty, but happy for the experience of riding on the historical Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Friday, September 20, 2013 We set the alarm for 6:30 this morning to arrive at the train station in time to ride on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. \u00a0It was a three and a half hour trip each way with a couple of hours to spend in Silverton, Colorado for lunch. \u00a0Our train […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-western-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6178"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6208,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6178\/revisions\/6208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}