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There is of course a narrow gauge connection to the Manhattan Project. Ore for the project was some of the last quantity revenue freight hauled on the Rio Grande Southern. The railroad was not secret, but the cargo sure as heck was. The Durango smelter was involved in the project as well.
Read this excelent artiole by Stephen S. Hart at the link below. I remember this story being told in "Narrow Gauge in the Rockies" as well, but my copy is still packed up from last summer's fire evacuation.
Philip
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