Duane Danielson, a retired stockbroker with a longtime interest in railroading will present “How the railroad brought fresh refrigerated produce to Durango,” the next Lifelong Learning topic, at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 130, Noble Hall, at Fort Lewis College.
Danielson will tell the story about how refrigerated cars came into existence, what they carried and how Durango’s grocery stores ordered produce directly through the railroad from 1920 into the early 1950s. Danielson is responsible for finding, bringing and restoring DRGW No. 39 to Silverton with his team of railroad buffs.
