Next May 20 will mark the 150th anniversary of the ceremonial Last Spike being driven in Nevada City, linking the Nevada ...

Measured another way, the ore belt of the holdings was collectively “between three and four miles long.” As for the rail way that served the Yellow Mountain mine, it was a narrow-gauge line.

The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum showcases rare handcrafted railbuses that once connected remote areas with ...

Standard, narrow and baby railroad gauges used at the mines in Arizona were based upon the width of the track: standard gauge (56ƒ inches ... 10, No. 4 (Winter, 1968); P.R. Griswold (1992) ...

The narrow gauge railroad was an attractive less-expensive railroad to build in contrast to the larger standard gauge railroad whose rails are spaced 4-feet, 8-and-a-half inches apart. This was ...

USA Today’s 2025 “10Best Readers’ Choice Awards” named four railroads in Colorado the most scenic in the country. The Durango ...

For decades, the chronically underfunded and crumbling T resisted even modest fixes. Has it finally met its match?

Irwin was still small enough, about as big as a medium-sized dog, for Garrison to corner him ... tours on a narrow-gauge train. Stasi wasn’t sure how Irwin got out, but this 2-year-old pet will get ...

By 1885 the Connotton Valley road had a total of 160.59 miles of narrow-gauge ... Railroad was chartered on 13 May 1891. When the CB&T opened for traffic in Jan. 1893, its tracks ran from the ...

Some riders were determined to beat the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad morning train to Silverton ... She expected to arrive in Silverton between 4 and 4½ hours after the ride began at 8 ...

Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad’s Santa Fe 4-6-2 No. 3415 catches the morning sun near Abilene ... and bearings on the tender trucks. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad staff were present in ...