Durango & Silverton railroad
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Durango
Rail heritage · Animas River · Historic downtown
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Durango.
Let the historic downtown and Animas River shape a day, then reserve a rail journey if it suits your trip. Train destinations and schedules change by season.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Animas River Trail
Choose a comfortable section of the shared-use riverside route.
Visitor details ↗The Powerhouse
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Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Choose a local food stop around Durango using the visitor dining directory. Confirm menus, opening days and reservations with the business.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Durango. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Explore Durango places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
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Browse published places around Durango. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Colorado photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) is powered up and ready to leave the Durango, Colorado, station — Carol M. Highsmith. Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- The unique Telluride/Mountain Village gondola above Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith. Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Colorado FIPS08. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.