Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Review

The most entertaining way to relive the halcyon days of the Old West is to take a ride on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a nine-hour round-trip journey along the 45-mi railway to Silverton. You'll travel in comfort in lovingly restored coaches or in the open-air cars called gondolas as you listen to the train's shrill whistle as it chugs along. On the way, you get a good look at the Animas Valley, which in some parts is broad and green and in others narrow and rimmed with rock. The train runs daily from early-May to mid-October. A shorter excursion—to Cascade Canyon, 26 mi away—in heated coaches is available in winter.

Durango Depot. This lovingly restored building, originally constructed in 1882, sits adjacent to the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum. 479 Main Ave.