Lynn, Happy Birthday, Vintage Train in Colorado Card

"Lynn, Happy Birthday, Vintage Train in Colorado" by Catherine Sherman You can change the text to any name and occasion. Travelers enjoy the scenery on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train as follows the Animas River on its return to the Durango Depot. Streaks of golden aspens are visible in the distance in this early Autumn scene. The Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad that operates 45.2 miles (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated the National Historic Landmark and is a designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as the Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. This historic train has been in operation between Durango and Silverton since 1882, carrying out vintage steam locomotives and rolling stock indigenous to the line. The line was constructed to haul and gold ore from Southwest Colorado's San Juan Mountains, but realised the view was even more valuable. The railroad runs 45 miles (72 km) from the Durango yard to Silverton, crossing the Animas River five times throughout the trip. Once trains reach the Silverton and unload, the train is turned on the wye. One way scheduled train take 3½ hours to run the 45 miles each way, with a 2¼ hour layover in Silverton. A 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-gauge-steps are between 600 mm (1 ft 11 5/8 in) and 1.067 mm (3 ft 6 in). Since gauge-based approaches are built with tighter curves, smaller structure gauges, and lighter rails, they can be less costly to build, equip, and operate than standard-or broad-based criteria (particularly in mountainous or difficult terrain).