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Colorado's Top 25
Steam Trains
Steam train crosses the Animas River, near Silverton
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You don't have to be a train-spotter to appreciate a good puff of vintage coal-
powered steam, the whine of iron on iron and the jolting grind of a narrow-gauge train bal-
ancing and rolling slowly through dynamited tunnels and along ridges blessed with some of
the most stunning mountain vistas and canyon drop-offs imaginable. The best of the bunch
is the impossibly scenic 45-mile Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (
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, but the Georgetown Loop (
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and Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (
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