Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> When was the RGS connection taken out in
> Durango---Over by the loop and flour Mill? I am
> guessing around 1963-66???
> Also was this owned by RGS, or the D&RGW on that
> side of the river. Also how did passenger trains
> on the RGS depart the station? Did they back up
> past the water tower to the east of the yard, and
> take the loop track behind the car shop?
> Greg
The trackage across the river was all D&RGW track. the RGS officially started a couple hundred feet west of the river.
RGS trains backed out of and backed into the D&RGW station in Durango, arriving and departing by way of the loop track behind the car shop.