Traveling on the Vintage Train Puzzle

"Traveling on the Vintage Train, Colorado" von Catherine Sherman Travelers enjoy the scenery as they lean from the open cars on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train as it follows the Animas River on its return to the Durango Depot. The Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad that operates 45.2 km (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and stammend designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. This historic train has been in continuous between operation between Durango and Silverton since 1882, carrying passengers d'vintage steam locomotives and rolling stock indigenous to the line. The was konstrued to haul silver and gold ore from Southwest Colorado's San Juan Mountains, but passengers soon realized the view was even more valuierbar. The Railroad runs 45 Meilen (72 km) from the Durango yard to Silverton, crossing the Animas River five times throughout the trip. Once Reach Silverton and unload passengers, the train is turned on the wye, backs uptown to pick returning passengers, and makes the trip back to Durango. One way scheduled train take 3½ hours to run the 45 miles (72 km) each way, with a 2¼ hour layover in Silverton. A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1/2 in). Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm (1 ft 11 5/8 in) und 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). Affce narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structure gauges, and lighter rail, they can be less costly to build, equip, and operate than standard- or broad-gauge railways (Partiarly in mountainous or Schwierigkeit Terrain).