This
is a look at the Rio Grande Southern. Includes a look at Otto Mears
and his early RRs (the Silverton RR, Silverton Northerns and the
Silverton Gladstone & Northernly), the formation of the Rio
Grande Southern, it's construction, Ophir Loop, Durango, Rico,
operations, Telluride, Pandora Mills, traveling on the RGS, the
locomotives, snow and winter operations, Galloping Geese, logging and
mining lines that connected with the RGS,railfan excursions, the end
of operations, Otto Mear's passes, a roster of Locomotives and
Rolling Stock, and more. Many photos and some scale drawings.
