CRYSTAL RIVER AND SAN JUAN : FADING GLORY ON A COLORADO SHORT LINE IN 1941

This article describes the rise and fall of the 7.3-mile Crystal River & San Juan Railroad that ran between Carbondale and Marble in Colorado. The little railroad was born during the boom years of Colorado's silver camps. The railroad carried gold bullion and silver concentrates initially. After 1910 the line was extended, and it carried marble-some of which was used to build the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. By 1917 labor costs made marble too expensive for most buildings and the valley's population declined. For awhile it hauled livestock, but by 1941, the line was abandoned.

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  Kalmbach Publishing Company

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  P.O. Box 1612
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• Authors:
  • Collins, B
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 86-90
• Serial:
  • Trains
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0041-0934
  • Serial URL: http://trainsmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Freight trains; History; Marble
• Geographic Terms: Colorado
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 2003 12:00AM