Monday, April 13, 2026

Saving the Alpine Tunnel Historic District in 1994

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 In April of 1994 Ray Rossman, East Zone Heritage Resource Manager for the U.S. Forest Service in Gunnison, filled out an important document...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Happy Easter! Born Again on the C&S

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 In 1972, the song that would later become one of the state songs of Colorado, hit the airwaves. John Denver’s  “Rocky Mountain High”  was a...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Discovered! The end-of-track after Alpine Tunnel dismantling

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 I've always wanted to find the spot where the rails left behind after the 1923/1924 dismantling work stopped. Using Google Earth I was ...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

First rail removal near Alpine Tunnel station in 1940

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It appears that the first removal of rail from the remaining mile from the east portal to some point down the western slope took place in 19...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

A gallery of rail removal at Alpine Tunnel 1939-1960

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About a mile of DSP&P/C&S trackage was left in place after the 1923/1924 scrapping of the Alpine Tunnel line between Quartz and Hanc...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Bucking snow on the South Park Line, 2019 style

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Leadville, CO on a snowy February 22. 1934.  Otto Perry photo of C&S 76, 73, & 75 Denver Public Library Special Collections, OP-613 ...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Other surviving C&Sng depots

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Via various discussion forums and video comments, these C&S narrow gauge depots are also still in existence (besides the ones in the vid...