La Plata County, Colorado

 City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Field Checked

Bondad

Denver and Rio Grande Western

on site

B

abandoned

 

gone

steel/wood

none

single span through truss, two wood trusses, Farmington Branch

1/15

Bondad

Denver and Rio Grande Western

                       on site

Wt

abandoned

 

gone

wood

none

Farmington Branch

1/15

Durango

Denver and Rio Grande Western

479 Main Avenue

P

rr

1881

in use

wood

Durango &Silverton Narrow Gauge

tourist line use

10/23

Durango

Denver and Rio Grande Western

 479 Main Avenue

Rh

rr/model rr/museum

1989 

in use

brick 

D&SNG

15 stall replica roundhouse

10/23

Durango

Denver and Rio Grande Western

across from depot

T

rr

 

in use

wood

D&SNG

 

9/16

Durango/Carbon Junction

Denver and Rio Grande Western

South side of Highway 160 along Trestle Road

T

abandoned

 

gone

wood

none

Farmington Branch

1/15

Durango

Denver and Rio Grande Western

Animas River

B

rr

 

in use

steel/wood

D&SNG

3 span, Pratt through truss, plate girder, wood truss

10/23

Hermosa

Denver and Rio Grande Western

along US 550

Wt

rr

 

in use

wood

D&SNG

 

10/23

Hermosa

Denver and Rio Grande Western

Hermosa Creek

B

rr

 

in use

 

D&SNG

Howe truss

10/23

Ignacio

Denver and Rio Grande Western

relocated on County 223, west of Windmill Drive on hill

C

residence

1923

none

wood

none

 

1/15

La Boca

Denver and Rio Grande Western

Over Los Pinos River, south of Ignacio

B

abandoned

 

gone

steel

none

single span through truss

1/15

Tacoma

Denver and Rio Grande Western

about three miles north of town

Wt

rr

 

in use

wood

D&SNG

Cascade tank

10/23

Tacoma

Denver and Rio Grande Western

about five-and-a-half miles north of town, Animas River

B

rr

 

in use

steel

D&SNG

deck truss

10/23

Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

Last Updated 12/27/23

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