美国登山观光铁路125周年

The historical railway was constructed to haul gold and silver from the San Juan Mountains, a rugged¹ range in the Colorado Rockies. Today the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge² Railroad continues to provide year-round train service but solely³ for passengers not freight. While much has changed in the state over the last century, the scenery and the trains have pretty much stayed the same.

The fire, er, when it's going real hot, you gotta feed it a lot of coal, so it is almost like it's eating. Er...it gets real thirsty, so it drinks a lot of water, easily about 12,000 gallons of water on a round-trip so ..um, you know the way they are kinda like a creature, so....

Wildlife, flowing rivers and glacier-capped mountains are among the many attractions that draw an estimated 200,000 passengers a year. For tourists like Lindle Turner. and Terrans Camp, it's the history of the train, a time machine of sorts, that amazes them.

Well, it kinda of sets you foot, puts you back in the past, really. I mean ,does, basically, this hasn't changed since the 1800. I think it's a romance, isn't it? The, the power, the steam train really evokes⁴ a feeling of power and strength. You can see the whole thing, it's more muscular.

Engineer Steve Orton sees the railroad as a symbol of pride, representing a piece of yesteryear with visions for the future. It's a great piece of history of our country ...ah, my father, and my grandfather or my grandfather used to work for the railroad and my father, and I, my brothers used to watch it run through the valley when I was a kid. I would like to see my children's children see it run also.

John Belmont, the Associated Press.

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rugged :not smooth or flat 崎岖的
glacier-capped :冰雪覆盖的

1 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

2 gauge   

v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器

参考例句：

• Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

3 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

4 evokes   

产生，引起，唤起( evoke的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
• Each type evokes antibodies which protect against the homologous. 每一种类型都能产生抗同种病毒的抗体。