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  @marklewis29816 сағат бұрын

  Great video report Kurt!!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885313 сағат бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @chriskrebill184222 сағат бұрын

  In Nebraska! Well guess I need to make a trip out there now!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885318 сағат бұрын

  If you make the trip, give them a call in advance. Since the car is not in a public viewing location they have to get someone to open the restoration shed for you. They were happy to do so, but it took me a couple phone calls to get it arranged.

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  @hughwolfe1176Күн бұрын

  Can't fault them for anything they've done to the car. At least it's in a lot better shape than it was previously... Thank you for sharing this information.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Күн бұрын

  Agreed. C&S baggage car No. 3 was also on a farm in the Longmont area. It got bulldozed in 2005, so an altered baggage car is better than a bulldozed one!

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  @jimmythatguyКүн бұрын

  Still a lot of narrow and standard gauge cars on the ground here in longmont

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Күн бұрын

  Interesting! I would love to see some photos. I'm curious if any of them are C&S cars.

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  @c3dmf4sКүн бұрын

  So what's still original? 2%?

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Күн бұрын

  From what I gather, the entire body and roof are. The frame and running gear was added. Oshlo told me that some of the metal pieces that were missing were fabricated to match the remaining pieces.

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  @BC-fy1wnКүн бұрын

  Anyone ,know if Busines car 911 is restored ,yet? Doc BC

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Күн бұрын

  The last I heard (back in 2018) was that 911 was never really restored, but just kept intact and in the museum building in Silver Plume.

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  @markthomas6436Күн бұрын

  Good news! Thanks for this presentation. 😊

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Күн бұрын

  You're welcome. It is good news. I was very happy to find it in the state it was.

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  @Surfliner4502 күн бұрын

  Great video! I visited this just a few weeks ago!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 күн бұрын

  Very cool! It's a great spot with a lot more than I expected, like the boxcar and the replica caboose. The signage was also very well done.

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  @gregsylvester90797 күн бұрын

  Nice video. Cool that you pin pointed spots along the line for folks to make sense of where things are. Please stop with the music and ad more comitary of history at each spot. Music is terrible. You still rock..

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88536 күн бұрын

  Glad you enjoyed the video. I am doing more videos with commentary these days, but I admit to being a music fan.

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  @barrymeyer280510 күн бұрын

  Loved this video

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885310 күн бұрын

  Glad you liked it!

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  @jimmythatguy13 күн бұрын

  ive not been told all the details yet but you're on the money my good man. like como, they are trying to bring it back.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885313 күн бұрын

  They certainly are. With all that work up there, something's brewing!

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  @bryanhoell588616 күн бұрын

  I was there last year, so this proves work has been done since then, which is a good sign.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885310 күн бұрын

  Their website mentions finalizing work to get No. 71 moved by early 2022. Since that didn't happen by that date, I figured the project was finished. All this work there suggests that it is still moving along.

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  @bryanhoell588610 күн бұрын

  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853 Same with Facebook. They certainly aren't telling anyone about it...which I find odd.

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  @XxXGhostXxX41717 күн бұрын

  Thank you for sharing this gem.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885316 күн бұрын

  Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's fun to find and share stories like these.

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  @BruceMBeals21 күн бұрын

  The transitions from old to new photos are fabulous.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885321 күн бұрын

  Thanks! That's my favorite part to do.

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  @alanlevy469421 күн бұрын

  Following!

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  @PistonRodProductions21 күн бұрын

  My favorite video of yourself so far. I absolutely loved it keep up the good work!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885310 күн бұрын

  Will do! Thanks!

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  @ryanhull317122 күн бұрын

  Great documentary.Is that walking path on the right away?

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885322 күн бұрын

  If you start near US 6 Tunnel 5, the path is on the ROW. After a short distance there are bridge abutments showing where the RR crossed to the opposite side. The ROW crosses back to the path before the abandoned Tunnel 4 (no abutments there), shortly before Forks Creek.

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  @mattomon104522 күн бұрын

  Cool video ! I will ask around at the Museum on saturday .

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885322 күн бұрын

  Thanks! I would really like to know what you find out.

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  @mattomon104521 күн бұрын

  @@searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853 what I found out was it was stopped by Bitching nabors and they put up a class action lawsuit to stop it !

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  @bryanhoell588616 күн бұрын

  Did you find anything out?

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  @mattomon104515 күн бұрын

  @@bryanhoell5886 the neighbors are trying to do a lawsuit in to stop it

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  @bryanhoell588615 күн бұрын

  @@mattomon1045 Go figure...

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  @noelle264422 күн бұрын

  COOL VIDEO

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  @noelle264422 күн бұрын

  The Latvian people really loved this video!!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885322 күн бұрын

  I bet they did!

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  @coalsmoke740922 күн бұрын

  It ran in 1988 & 1989 as I rode both years.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885322 күн бұрын

  I visited the railroad for the first time in 1990. My family and I hoped to ride behind No. 71. Brochures advertised that it would be running that summer even. Unfortunately, we arrived and everything was just sitting there with not a soul in sight. I found out years later that the line went bankrupt somewhere between '89 and '90.

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  @scotts393826 күн бұрын

  So cool to see living history. Really glad to see the cars have been preserved over the years for us to see today. Seeing the "then" and "now" pictures is amazing.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau885325 күн бұрын

  I agree. It always amazes me when something so old survives especially through a mixture of chance and effort. I really enjoy finding out the stories of how C&S equipment avoided ending up in the scrap heap.

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  @hughwolfe1176Ай бұрын

  This brings back some memories… Many years ago my first wife and I decided we should hike in to clear creek, around where inspiration point was. We came in from the I-70 side as I remember. This was April and neither of us had any knowledge of tick season. Needless to say the ticks descended upon us in droves and we wound up standing in the bushes half naked removing ticks from one another… Think I’ve a postcard postmarked at Forks.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Ай бұрын

  That's quite a tale! Where did you pick up that postcard?

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  @hughwolfe1176Ай бұрын

  @@searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853 Probably one of the cards I’d purchased in Denver during the years that I lived there. I’d had a routine of visiting the antique shops on South Broadway, walking distance from my residence at the time. Back then you could get postcards for 10¢, 25¢ may have been as much as a dollar, nowadays there much more expensive… I just searched eBay and didn’t see a Forks Creek postmark, but there are several cards depicting Forks Creek station. Keep an eye out and you’ll find one.

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  @hughwolfe1176Ай бұрын

  Well the YT police deleted my first response so I’ll try again. Think I’d purchased that card in Denver many years ago. It was a “Mother Grundy” card that I’d found for $1.

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  @KandWRailroaderАй бұрын

  Cool video! Thank you! I love the C&S!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Ай бұрын

  Thanks! I love the C&S too!

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  @billtimmons7071Ай бұрын

  I'd give a double thumbs up if I could. Very nicely done. These videos make the hobby better.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Ай бұрын

  Thanks! I send double thumbs up to you as well 😂

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  @jgrahamiii7749Ай бұрын

  I really enjoy you postings. When I lived in Colorado I walked or drove many of the places you have chronicled. I have seen this most recent site several times when I would be going or from Denver for my job. As this was in the early 90's when I did this, I can't vouch for how much of the old roadbed is still there. There was much left, along with abandoned bridge abutments then.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Ай бұрын

  @@jgrahamiii7749 A lot of the roadbed in Clear Creek is still there. They have been building this whole network of walking/biking trails in the canyon and, while it sometimes is on the grade and sometimes not, it at least makes the grade somewhat more accessible. There are still abutments too. A little west of Forks Creek, we came upon a set of abutments that were for Bridge No. 5. I'm pretty sure the Elk Creek bridge abutment is still there too. Lots of rock cribbing is very visible too.

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  @brianzimmer5532Ай бұрын

  Boreas Pass is one of my favorite drives in Colorado. We try to drive it at least once a summer!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Ай бұрын

  I agree-it is such a great drive. It's one of the best routes (along with the Pitkin to Alpine Tunnel road) to drive the old South Park Line without huge road-reconfiguration of the old RR grade.

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  @michaelsmith8453Ай бұрын

  Used to party there in high school. Last time was 1989. Stupid teenagers had no idea the risk we were taking.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853Ай бұрын

  That must have been a long walk/drive to go party!

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  @michaelsmith8453Ай бұрын

  @@searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853 it wasn't so much the trek that concerned us when what we strived for was the privacy......we may or may not have....indulged.

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  @chartreuserailfanning22302 ай бұрын

  With today's modern technology I feel as if 3 ft gauge railroads could manage. I constantly fantasize about trains in the Rockies being revived to haul goods from the big cities to smaller towns up in the mountains, an ideal route to start would be Denver-Idaho Springs. Instead of ore, the train could carry produce, mail, and building supplies to stores in the area, taking the job from trucks and sparing the narrow mountain roads tons of wear. Possibly with the use of EMUs, a tourist or even commuter train would also work. Obviously, the sad truth is that rebuilding the line would cost a ton with today's regulations, narrow gauge trains are way slower than driving, and trucking is much cheaper and more accessible. One can only imagine, though.

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  @rickdee672 ай бұрын

  Another fantastic video! Thank you!

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  @brianzimmer55322 ай бұрын

  I would really like to know what condition the road to the tunnel is in! I would like to get up there this summer (2024). Thanks

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 ай бұрын

  It's easy to get to the site of Hancock. From there it's a 3-mile hike to the east portal. One the western approach, it's a lot bumpier, but you can get to Sherrop Loop and then you have to part and walk about the same distance (3 miles) to the station complex and the west portal. They are working to reopen it for auto traffic, but it looks like that might happen next year.

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  @sophiasbagels41552 ай бұрын

  What a vibe!! ✨Whoever renamed it 'Fisher' must've really liked fish

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  @markthomas64362 ай бұрын

  Thanks for another nostalgic interlude! 😊

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 ай бұрын

  You're welcome! It's always fun to have another nostalgic interlude on a Wednesday 😄

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  @PistonRodProductions2 ай бұрын

  Wondering how you were able to add the smoke/steam effects to the stereoview, as a fellow content creator this video is pretty awesome. Keep up the good work!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 ай бұрын

  Thanks for asking. Glad you like the effect. Here's how I do it: 1. Search something like "Steam green screen" and find one you like. 2. Download that video. I purchased a program called Wondershare Uniconverter. It's been worth it because of the download option. 3. In your editing program (I use Final Cut Pro) put the downloaded green screen smoke video on top (above) of your image in a video project timeline. 4. Find an effect in your video editing program called something like "Green Screen Keyer." 5. Drag (apply) that onto (as in 'into') the green screen smoke video clip. That will remove the green and leave just the smoke. 6. After that I play around with shrinking or stretching the smoke to fit how I want. Sometimes I even layer it with the same clip to make the steam bigger and so forth. Lastly, add some audio from a steam engine and voila! I hope that makes sense.

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  @PistonRodProductions2 ай бұрын

  @@searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853 Super helpful, thank you! I’ve got something working just now!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 ай бұрын

  @@PistonRodProductions very cool! I'd love to see it!

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  @Senor0Droolcup2 ай бұрын

  Love this channel to bits. Thank you so much for your hard work bringing this famous railroad alive.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 ай бұрын

  You're welcome. It's a joy to do it.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 ай бұрын

  Another video should be up in early May

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  @Pyrotrainthing2 ай бұрын

  If there’s any locomotive I’d make a new build of it’d be a Mason Bogie based off those of the DSP&P.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88532 ай бұрын

  That would be an awesome sight! I love all the ornate features on them in the builder's photos.

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  @markthomas64362 ай бұрын

  Ah, memories! 😊

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  @davidtyler-ul9vw3 ай бұрын

  Cute! 😊

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  @JMlovesDDM3 ай бұрын

  Different than when I was young and living in Pitkin off and on from '57 until about '93 . Much more brush and little Quakies along the grade now . Was a lot of debris still in Woodstock and more telegraph poles . My brother and I tried to get a switch out of the trees at Woodstock but it was too heavy .We used to climb down into the West portal and the tunnel was in pretty good shape until the cave-in because all the timbers were Redwood and didn't rot . The water in it was cold ! Was always a popular drive because the incline was so gradual . Back then the road had not been beat to death by a million four wheelers and was an easy trip in a sedan . Was rare to see anyone else on the trip up and back . Had several buckets of spikes i would try to sell to the tourists for a nickel apiece .

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  Thanks for sharing those memories! I wonder what happened to the switch stand and debris at Woodstock. I've never explored the townsite directly besides just looking from the roadbed. It doesn't look like anything is left. I envy your opportunities to have gotten in the tunnel! Interesting note about the brush along the grade. I wish the view were less obstructed. Do you still have any of those spikes left?

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  @JMlovesDDM3 ай бұрын

  Over the years "scroungers" made off with most everything left in the whole area , even out of my front yard ! Most all of the wood from the structures just rots away over the years . Afraid I don't have any spikes any more , left behind when I moved. You might still find some , especially around Quartz as they stockpiled supplies there .Sit quietly at night with no people around near the tunnel and you might hear a ghostly whistle !

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  @miamaechner5433 ай бұрын

  SLAY PADRE😃😃

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  Always, mi hija!

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  @hughwolfe11763 ай бұрын

  I like that you’ve invested the time and effort to match things up perfectly, it makes your videos so enjoyable… Just yesterday I discovered where the subject of an old postcard that I’ve seen for sale on an off for over a year is located. Google street view is an amazing resource. A group of men standing on a steep hillside apparently looking at something across a ravine, but where was it. Now I know exactly, and I purchased the postcard for my collection. The Devils Rocking Chair still exists a hundred years later, I’ll have to visit it in person.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  Thanks! Lining up old photos with today is one of my favorite things to do. Sometimes I try to recreate the position on purpose when I take a photo and sometimes, like the one in the video here, happen by accident.

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  @Stooltoad50173 ай бұрын

  Does anybody on earth know what happened to the Central city railroad/mining museum? They haven’t updated anything on their website since 2022, and I can’t find anything on their social media sites I have found. I assume the operation petered out, but it’s strange to me they haven’t updated their website to say as such.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  I'm going on memory here, but I thought I read that they went before the city to propose their idea and they did not receive the support or go-ahead. That's the last I heard. I hope that's not just hearsay. I too have not been able to find anything official anywhere else online.

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  @Stooltoad50173 ай бұрын

  @@searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853 Sounds about right. Here say or not, that’s more information then I have found. Still strange to me that they haven’t said anything about it, but sometimes there are only so many answers.

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  @user-ss9ph6ou9n3 ай бұрын

  It is good that some portions of track were left to identify the old roadbed of the route

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  These tracks were relaid after the railroad was long gone (I don't recall at the moment who did it). Thankfully, the part of the railroad grade that had been converted for auto use bypassed this particular section. That way it was possible to lay some track.

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  @marklewis2983 ай бұрын

  More very interesting information on the C&S rolling stock, that lived on , on the RGS. This Refrigerator car really NEEDS to be restored ("double sided graphics") and used as part of the operating rolling stock at the CRM.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  Someone told me recently that a budget was approved to at least give it a new roof.

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  @sophiasbagels41553 ай бұрын

  I would've paid big bucks if I was at that auction😤, I know someone who would've loved it :D

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  The refrigerator car would fit in our backyard, but it would be tough to play ping-pong there, though :)

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  @sophiasbagels41553 ай бұрын

  True ;] @@searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  Oops, I mean badminton!

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  @SeanHuston-cw2dr3 ай бұрын

  Where did you get the train sounds they are amazing!

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  It's audio from an old 1980's Cumbres & Toltec Scenic or Durango & Silverton (can't recall which) cab ride video.

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  @johnypitman23683 ай бұрын

  if Forest Service doesnt let it burn the pine beetles will get the forest. California used to have vast healthy forests like so many great things California used to be known for. Now the liberals have ruined just about everything. Either from neglect or burdensome taxes

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  @user-ss9ph6ou9n3 ай бұрын

  If they were to run the C & S trains today, I think theyveould have a much bbetter chance of not having wrecks and going over the sides ofvthe cliffs as they did in the 1890's and early 1900's.

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  @searchingforthecsnarrowgau88533 ай бұрын

  I think you're right. So many trees were gone because they were chopped down for railroad and mine usage to my knowledge. The trees could have helped in stopping some of the snow slides and also kept equipment from sliding so far possibly.

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  @user-ss9ph6ou9n3 ай бұрын

  Looks like a pretty good graveled roadbed that the trains use to run on. Pretty scenery too!

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  @EKKADIDDLEHOPPER3 ай бұрын

  Fake! No tracks!

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  @BlairMoody-hz9dl4 ай бұрын

  We were there this past October (2023), very rough road getting to Sherrod Loop, road was closed just above this point due to a road washout and rockslide just above the Palisades. We were able to walk to that point, but late in the afternoon kept us from getting to the West Portal. Beautiful country for sure!