Upon arrival at another hotel in the area, I discovered my reservation had been incorrectly cancelled. It was close to 10pm, so I was limited in my options for a place to stay. When I arrived at the Durango Lodge, the desk manager informed me that the room I'd just reserved should NOT have been listed as available - he had removed it because a prior guest had smoked in the room and the scent was still present. He was helpful in calling around for other hotel availablity, but as it was now getting on 11pm and I had been travelling since 5am, I opted to take the room. With the AC on all not, it was not too terrible - room was clean and comfortable otherwise.
The silver lining of the stay was that the hotel is directly across the street from the Train Station, so I could easily go there to watch the trains leaving in the morning...
I will be reaching out about the reservation errors in my original stay and what I think was an excessive cost of my alternate accommodation...