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DEL NORTE DEPOT
120 SPRUCE ST.
DEL NORTE, COLORADO 81132 -USA
Location: ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF U.S. RTE. 160 IN TOWN
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad reached Del Norte in 1881. The original 1881 wood depot was replaced in 1911 and it remained in use until 1970 when it became the town's government offices. Del Norte was incorporated in 1872 and became the county seat in 1874. It served as the shipping point for freight generated by the regional mines at Summitville and Creede. The D&RG eventually reached Creede, but those unprofitable operations were cut back to Del Norte by 1889. Ore continued to be hauled intermittently until 1985 when the last Creede mine closed. UP continued the "Creede Local" service until the sawmill at South Fork ended operations in 2002. The South Fork-Creede segment to be abandoned by UP in January 1999, was purchased by the D&RGHF. It currently operates as the "Wagon Wheel Gap Route" out of South Fork. The remaining segment between South Fork back east to Alamosa was sold in 2003 to the San Luis & Rio Grande rr (Permian Basin Rwy. holding company).
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Added 11/09/2005
Updated 02/08/2015
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