© 2026 WFAE

Mailing Address:
WFAE 90.7
P.O. Box 896890
Charlotte, NC 28289-6890
Tax ID: 56-1803808
90.7 Charlotte 93.7 Southern Pines 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Firing Up the Coal for a Colorado Getaway

The Day to Day summer travel series continues with another trip -- this time, however, using a very different kind of fossil fuel.

Adam Burke skips the gasoline and hops on a narrow-gauge, coal-powered train into an isolated canyon near Durango, Colo.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Adam Burke