Living in the Animas Valley for the past 23 years, we understand the issue of wildfire and safe evacuation as being crucially important. As survivors of two evacuations, the Missionary Ridge Fire (200.
Letter: ‘Love Train’ should return to Durango
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Thursday, April 22, 2021 5:03 AM
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Rockwood Estates and Village at Rockwood, along with residents of Rockwood, hosted a meeting on April 2 to try to resolve some of the train issues.
The train responded by attending the meeting with their attorney after adding Sunday and Monday Rockwood trains to their 2021 schedule. They will now depart seven days a week, three trains a day, 600 car trips in and out of Rockwood a day, 4,200 car trips in and out of Rockwood a week, on a road that the county has stated is not up to code for the existing homeowner traffic.
Rockwood residents want relief from train departures north of Durango
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Homeowners say D&SNG passengers overburden small neighborhood By Patrick Armijo Education, business & real estate reporter
Thursday, April 1, 2021 5:07 AM
Rockwood residents want relief from train departures north of Durango Passengers boarding Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge trains to Silverton are overburdening County Road 200, and trash left behind is luring bears to the residential neighborhoods, say residents of Rockwood Estates and Rockwood Village. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
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