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Posted: 13 Sep 2016


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Downtown Silverton

Downtown Silverton
Colorado, USA, looking south along Main Street. Silverton is an old mining town in the Colorado Rockies that has a new lease on life as a tourist attraction. They've deliberately tried to keep the "Old West" motifs with the architecture. It's also the northern terminus of the Durango-Silverton narrow-gage line, a highly popular excursion train, and one of the last surviving relics of what was once a huge network of narrow-gage lines in this area. US highway 550, the "Million Dollar Highway" (of obscure origin--it cost a _lot_ more than that!) is visible crossing the forested slope near the base. It's the automobile route to Durango (to the south) and Ouray (to the north).
The sign at lower left says "State Law--Yield to Pedestrians in Crosswalk." I'm in the crosswalk, but maybe I should have stepped forward a bit to miss the sign. Or maybe it gives foreground interest ;)

, Smiley Derleth, Pam J, William Sutherland have particularly liked this photo


Latest comments - All (6)
 Pam J
Pam J club
I have actually been there !

Jay took me to CO as a first road trip after I arrived in the US in May 2006. We went in the Oct 2007
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
Don Barrett (aka DBs…
Looks much more interesting than I had expected. Given the popularity of the railroad, I was expected it to be almost Disneyfied.
8 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club has replied
There are worse places to visit! ;)
8 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club has replied
Thanks!
8 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club has replied
It's a bit like Virginia City, but the setting makes up for a lot!
8 years ago.

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