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By Cosmos Mariner, July 11, 2025
The San Luis Southern Railway Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Colorado, Costilla County, Blanca — The San Luis Southern Railway —  |
| Rail transportation reached the San Luis Valley in the form of the narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway, completed to Alamosa in 1878. The track was standard-gauged in 1899. Meanwhile, efforts to cultivate the Valley demonstrated the soil's . . . — — Map (db m281433) HM | |||
| 2 ► Colorado, Costilla County, Blanca — Southern San Luis Valley RR D500 — |
| The D500 is a chain-drive diesel-mechanical locomotive built in Mesita, CO, 25 miles south of Blanca, at the workshops of the Colorado Aggregate Co. during 1954-56. It was designed and built by Channel Wilcox of Denver, CO and George Oringdulph of . . . — — Map (db m281439) HM | |||