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Last coal-fired engine departs Durango train station, marking end of an era

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The last coal engine left the rail yard for Cascade Canyon at 9:15 a.m. Saturday. Engine No. 481 was built in 1925 for the Denver & Rio Grande Western (the previous name of D&SNG between 1881 and 1981) The old-school fuel resource is as significant to the railroad's history as the railroad is to Durango.

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Last coal-fired engine departs Durango train station, marking end of an era

Saturday marked the bittersweet end of an era for Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad with the last departure of the railroad’s sole remaining coal-burning locomotive, Engine No. 481. The la...

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