From
the pages of
the
Official Guide, June 1941
The Silverton
Denver
& Rio Grande Western RR
February 2, 1941
461 | Train
Number | 462 |
TuSa | |
Miles | (Narrow Gauge Lines) |
Services | Elevation | |
TuSa |
9 15A | Dp |
0.0 | Durango, CO (MT) | T C | 6520 |
Ar | 4 35P |
F 9 50A | |
9.2 | Trimble, CO | | 6578 | |
F 4 01P |
9 57A | |
11.0 | Hermosa, CO | | 6645 | |
3 54P |
10 26A | |
17.6 | Rockwood, CO | | 7367 | |
3 28P |
F11 40A | |
30.8 | Needleton, CO | | 8141 | |
F 2 10P |
F12 14P | |
39.0 | Elk Park, CO | | 8883 | |
F 1 40P |
12 40P | Ar |
45.2 | Silverton, CO (MT) | T C | 9300 |
Dp | 1 15P |
Trains 461 and 462 are mixed
passenger and freight trains.
By the summer of 1941 service on the Silverton line had been reduced to a mixed train just twice a week. There is no indication that this same stretch of railroad, more than 60 years later, would be doing a thriving year-round business as one of the great tourist attractions of the world.