Photograph of the narrow gauge railroad crossing the Animas River near Silverton, high in the rugged San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado. The 90-mile round trip from Durango is made daily in the tourist season.
Notorious Blair Street, Silverton, Colorado, terminal for the historic narrow gauge train that has made the spectacular daily trip through the San Juan mountains. from Durango for 80 years.
Silverton, in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado and the Animas River, as seen from the Million Dollar Highway (far left). In this picture, the famous narrow-gauge train, the Silverton, can be seen heading for Durango.
The historic Denver and Rio Grande Western Silverton, which has served the rich mining country of the San Juan Mts. Since 1882, now carries tourists as well as freight through the spectacular Canyon of the Lost Souls in SW Colorado
Panorama of Silverton, Colorado. Elevation 9302 ft. This is a famed old mining town near the origin of the Animas River high up in the San Juan Mountains.
Photograph of the Silverton narrow gauge passenger train in the Animas River gorge approaching the resort town of Silverton, elevation 9300 feet, in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.