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: Rio Grande Southern Railroad (Colo.); A narrow gauge railroad serving Southwestern Colorado from 1891 to 1951. It included the Galloping Goose rail service, developed by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in the 1930’s. The Galloping Goose consisted of railcars crafted from automobiles and ran them as trains on narrow gauge track to different towns in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. The train cars were built in Ridgway, Colorado. The train held the contract for the mail until the early 1950’s, and then became a tourist train.

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