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.


From the pages of the Official Guide, June 1941

Denver & Rio Grande Western herald

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

Train 461: 5 stops, 3:25, 13.2 MPHTrain 462: 5 stops, 3:20, 13.6 MPH

Trains 461 and 462 are mixed passenger and freight trains.