DRGW The RGS Story, Vol 11

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    The RGS Story, Vol 11
    Durango And The Perins Peak Branch
    Sundance Publications Ltd
    2005
    ISBN 0-913582-76-X

    The RGS Story

    Contents

    1. Durango's First Settler
    2. The Denver &Rio Grande Reaches Durango
    3. Durango Acquires A Trolley
    4. Battle For The Coal Fields Three-Rail Days
    5. Handling the U.S. Mail And Railfans Arrive On The Rio Grande Southern
    6. The Boston Coal & Fuel Company Railroad To Perins Peak

    Map List

    Kibbe's The San Juan Mining Region - 1891
    Durango Street Map - 1883-1889
    New York & San Juan Mining & Smelting Co. - 1886
    D&RG Station Map - April, 1901
    Durango Street Map - 1890-1919
    Standard Smelter And Trackage - 1892
    D&RG Tracks At Durango Station And American Smelting & Refining Co. - 1892
    Industrial Tracks Near Animas River - 1931
    The Durango Railway & Realty Co. Carbarn
    Denver & Rio Grande Railroad System - 1912
    Utah, Colorado, New Mexico D&RGW System
    Clason's Road Map - Southwest Colorado
    D&RGW Durango Yard - 1930-1948
    D&RGW Durango Yard - 1930-1948 Enlarged
    Durango To Perins Peak
    Perins Peak Yard Track Extension
    Aerial Photograph - Perins Peak Track
    Aerial Photograph - Perins Peak - RGS Connection
    Durango To Perins Peak - U.S. Geological Survey - 1963

    Talks about the short lived trolley system in Durango.
    Also talks about the Perins Peak branch operations.

    Next up, Vol 12
    The Final book in the mile by mile coverage of the Rio Grande Southern.
    Covering Locomotives and Rolling stock.
     

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