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Cinders and Smoke : A Mile by Mile Guide for the Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Trip
Cinders and Smoke A Mile by Mile Guide for the Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Trip Author:Doris B. Osterwald This mile by mile guide... is keyed to mileposts placed along the east side of the track (Right side of train on northbound trip to Silverton.) These markers are steel posts about 5 feet high and 6 inches wide that are from 10 to 20 feet east of the track. Numbers on the posts, visible in both directions, indicate the distance by rail from Denve... more »r, via Pueblo, where the D&RG started. When the train travels 15mph, it passes a milepost every 4 minutes. --- from back cover
Includes numerous photographs and maps, Introduction, mile by mile guide, Historical Notes, List of locomotive whistle signals and References. About 100 b/w glossy photos.« less