tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.comments2024-01-11T20:18:01.996-07:00Colorado RailroadsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707188504449041953noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-91821116894483421772023-11-30T23:34:28.999-07:002023-11-30T23:34:28.999-07:00On a side note, I don't know how many times I ...On a side note, I don't know how many times I have re-drawn or retraced the Ophir Loop on maps! And still, I've never gotten it quite right! So much of that part of the RGS was in the air, on trestles that no longer exist that it's almost impossible to faithfully recreate it in two dimension representations. That Z really does add a lot to the X, Y!Steve Walden, editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349868397291849869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-40788156023396504562021-01-03T09:54:38.138-07:002021-01-03T09:54:38.138-07:00In summary: As a summary: Much in this vague ann...In summary: As a summary: Much in this vague announcement doesn't make sense. There are several high hurdles to reestablishing Pueblo-Glenwood freight traffic, including expensive track refurbishment, likely lack of freight demand, and the rights of the Royal Gorge RR. <br /> The proposed passenger service probably won't have the frequency, reliability, comfort, or speed to be an effective commuter service. I don't think a for-profit entity can provide the necessary investment for commuter service nor get effective buy-in from a government entity for the investment needed. <br /> The biggest beneficiary from effective commuter service is the community (better housing options, reduced traffic, better managed tourism) and real estate owners. It makes sense for the community to invest and to tax the real estate whose value will go up significantly. <br /> So, as someone mentioned, perhaps this is just a ploy by UP to tie up Tennessee Pass during the upcoming Moffat Tunnel 99-year lease renegotiation. Christof Storkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059815492723973421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-2786699841695223482021-01-01T07:55:53.760-07:002021-01-01T07:55:53.760-07:00Interesting. I'm confused about "the rai...Interesting. I'm confused about "the railroad’s annual revenue will not exceed $5 million"? This is not much and doesn't justify repairing & upgrading the track. Perhaps they are initially planning on only Gypsum-Minturn, where the track is in pretty good shape. <br /> For a commuter line to work, it needs to be fast, reliable, comfortable, and frequent. It will be interesting how they accomplish this. <br /> But, what they may be calling a "commuter line" may end up being an occasional tourist run. <br /> I can't find any reference to Sage, CO? Is it an old rail stop near Gypsum? Christof Storkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059815492723973421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-7727926179496436452020-12-07T16:08:35.862-07:002020-12-07T16:08:35.862-07:00Thank you...this is awesome! I have been to both p...Thank you...this is awesome! I have been to both portals, hiking over the Divide. I love the Alpine Tunnel and its history!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846689038557916166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-52809571724777215272020-10-28T21:32:26.551-06:002020-10-28T21:32:26.551-06:00It was completed as a water diversion tunnel in 1...It was completed as a water diversion tunnel in 1968.H. Court Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745570977158239843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-32072959210185013542020-06-25T09:58:37.867-06:002020-06-25T09:58:37.867-06:00Were these engines Compound Mallets, or simple?Were these engines Compound Mallets, or simple?Xenolythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573497970262886570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-89852985914878270742020-04-16T08:56:38.326-06:002020-04-16T08:56:38.326-06:00I have always enjoyed articles on the Welcome Arch...I have always enjoyed articles on the Welcome Arch. Mayor Speer was truly a visionary with his City Beautiful for Denver. I didn't know Charles Vail was involved in the evaluation of the arch integrity. We raised our family in Vail and knew of Charles Vail, the highway engineer and director of the Colorado State Highway Department from 1930 to 1945 for whom the pass is named.Mike Macey, ColoradoMuseums.COhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247330068334958835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-65496304510639732262019-08-23T11:44:09.304-06:002019-08-23T11:44:09.304-06:00The Wheeling and Lake Erie saved a few SD40T-2'...The Wheeling and Lake Erie saved a few SD40T-2's in Rio Grande paint, I think the President used to be involved with D&RGW.nekomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889273308390372283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-76722816265922721632017-04-01T11:20:23.436-06:002017-04-01T11:20:23.436-06:00Here's the 9News story covering the grand open...<a href="http://www.9news.com/money/business/iconic-model-train-store-reopens-in-lakewood-/414763574" rel="nofollow">Here's the 9News story</a> covering the grand opening!Steve Walden, editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349868397291849869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-62710793523461377422016-08-31T16:33:33.825-06:002016-08-31T16:33:33.825-06:00Believe this was a photo freight that cost $500-80...Believe this was a photo freight that cost $500-800 per person. I was on the waiting list but trip was sold out! The autumn explorer trip I rode on the SLRG was LAME! Conductor stopped train where there was NO autumn color. Where there was color he said it was too dangerous to stop - like this location.<br /><br />, , Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-79825476910554377922016-04-25T06:59:34.669-06:002016-04-25T06:59:34.669-06:00It is a necessary add-on to local transportation h...It is a necessary add-on to local transportation however, it is one of the most expensive airport rides in the nation. RTD apparently figures it needs to cover its enormous debts and cost over-runs ASAP.<br /><br />John HillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753734515689515510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-7845700005790734032016-04-11T10:11:10.931-06:002016-04-11T10:11:10.931-06:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.John Hillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-14618332803610445802016-04-07T09:03:24.015-06:002016-04-07T09:03:24.015-06:00You hit it on the head. Great article as you said ...You hit it on the head. Great article as you said it would be. Where did you find it?<br />Many thanks, Steve and keep 'em coming please!<br /><br />John<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-1800616610596462602016-01-06T03:31:46.053-07:002016-01-06T03:31:46.053-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pazzta Talihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350176255864685624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-32446579587664428962015-12-12T10:07:22.714-07:002015-12-12T10:07:22.714-07:00Any chance you can do a European trains galore edi...Any chance you can do a European trains galore edition?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-39469026293402424522015-11-11T23:40:49.490-07:002015-11-11T23:40:49.490-07:00Frank, that sounds like one happy memory! I can re...Frank, that sounds like one happy memory! I can remember my own bath and my kids baths after runs on the Durango & Silverton 30+ years apart! So hard to let go of that smell!Steve Walden, editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349868397291849869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-9919474966452565242015-11-05T11:08:39.857-07:002015-11-05T11:08:39.857-07:00The summer I turned eight (1952) my father was for...The summer I turned eight (1952) my father was foreman of a work gang and our house car was parked at Tabernash. I spent the summer crawling all over the 3600's and was especially enthralled by the small cabin on the coal tender. Then one day I got a ride in the cab up to West Portal and back. Got to blow the whistle at each crossing!<br /><br />Back in Tabernash my mother immediately made me take a bath.Frank Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-9142227080037165572015-09-17T16:30:58.876-06:002015-09-17T16:30:58.876-06:00I'm glad I came back and looked at the final a...I'm glad I came back and looked at the final article - very well done, and those are some really nice photos!Dean Reynoldsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-24226482282867343402015-09-16T08:30:22.612-06:002015-09-16T08:30:22.612-06:00Great and correct reply. Thank you Mr. Reynolds fo...Great and correct reply. Thank you Mr. Reynolds for your correction. Dave, Steve and I read and reread the article before it was published and we still missed it.<br /><br />Best,<br />John H<br />johnhill10@comcast.netJohn Hillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-37541000515649082322015-09-10T04:50:16.783-06:002015-09-10T04:50:16.783-06:00Hey Dave, Steve & John,
Thanks for your sight...Hey Dave, Steve & John, <br />Thanks for your sight and article about the 3600's. As a Boulder and Nederland native now living in Germany I miss the "Moffat Road". Growing up in Nederland on cold nights with the right conditions you could here the SD-40 T-2s climbing up to Moffat Tunnel way over in Nederland. <br /><br />Any way my honary Grandfather Ralph MacAllister built a 12ton "model" of 3620 in Boulder as one man's tribute to the 3600's. All the pictures that I have been able to collect are on my website, take a look. The 3620 still exists somewhere back east but will probably never run due to the less common track gauge of 14 7/8ths gauge. Enjoy Thor <br />http://www.thorsteamworld.com/photos/pv.asp?pid=225Thor Windbergshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00141078563858973359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-88242863901467102772015-08-28T00:38:52.138-06:002015-08-28T00:38:52.138-06:00Thanks for commenting, Mr. Cook!
Personally, I w...Thanks for commenting, Mr. Cook! <br /><br />Personally, I would rather the EPA not try to sanitize things that they can learn from. Transparency, while causing some initial embarrassment, promotes trust and level-headed thinking. WRT politics and direction, I have no agenda besides maybe getting the government to help Colorado with cleaning up the mining legacy. One would think the EPA would be a prime player in doing so. I only wish they had seized the opportunity to address the long term problem that will not go away. <br /><br />Thanks again for stopping by and giving the update!Steve Walden, editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349868397291849869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-35536764798281467012015-08-22T10:01:36.642-06:002015-08-22T10:01:36.642-06:00The two photos in your post with the date/time sta...The two photos in your post with the date/time stamp in the lower right came from EPA's own page http://www.epaosc.org/site/image_listview.aspx?site_id=11082&category= . Notice what happens when you click on that link now.<br /><br />I did my best to create an archive link https://archive.is/iDLpb of the whole photo collection on 8/12, but now it only shows the last of 32 pages and just 5 of the 191 images that used to be there. At the Durango Herald's photo gallery, they saved 10 photos from that collection: http://www.durangoherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=DU&Date=20150808&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=808009999&Ref=PH#/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DU&Date=20150808&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=808009999&Ref=PH&Item=8&NewTbl=1&MaxH=400<br /><br />Unless someone can point it out, I have yet to find an official EPA explanation of why those photos were deleted, or even an acknowledgment that they ever had that big collection of the incident's 'before/during/after' photos.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10364598915818543463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-66288107652058518852015-08-09T08:23:20.126-06:002015-08-09T08:23:20.126-06:00A truly exceptional photo... Tennessee Pass has be...A truly exceptional photo... Tennessee Pass has been too long silent. Thanks for the photo...mogulsmokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109713614960556218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-52631640188531034842015-07-29T10:34:18.481-06:002015-07-29T10:34:18.481-06:00Mr. Reynolds, Thank you for commenting! You're...Mr. Reynolds, Thank you for commenting! You're the reason this site here, and I greatly appreciate your feedback on both the article and the site! Your thoughts are well-put, and I agree with your assessment. By supplying both, I was trying to be helpful for folks looking for information using the unofficial name. But it absolutely is Rollins Pass. <br /><br />By the way, please watch for the new version of the article coming soon! <br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />SteveSteve Walden, editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349868397291849869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-3473650165820431512015-07-28T13:48:01.923-06:002015-07-28T13:48:01.923-06:00I greatly enjoy the article about the 3600's, ...I greatly enjoy the article about the 3600's, they are among my favorite Rio Grande locomotives! And I enjoyed all the reminisces about the Moffat Road and "the Hill" - the Moffat is my favorite RR! Just one little peeve: in the editor's note, he implies "Corona Pass" is the former name for Rollins Pass. As an "East Sloper" (from Boulder), we always called it Rollins Pass. And since it was Rollins Pass before the DNW&P built over the pass and named the station at the summit "Corona", I think Rollins Pass is the older of the names. As with Rollinsville, the pass was named for John Q. A. Rollins back in the late 1800's. Before that, it was called "Boulder Pass", according to local sources. I could be wrong, but that is what I remember from growing up in the area.<br />By the way, I greatly enjoy this website, so please don't take this too harshly - I'm just a grouchy old timer.Dean Reynoldsnoreply@blogger.com