C&S 71 could steam again: exciting or concerning?

When I was in the Clear Creek area back in 2018, I got talking with someone from the rail restoration community who commented that Court Hammond, the driving force behind the 1987-1990 restoration of C&S 71 for his Black Hawk and Central City Narrow Gauge Railroad, was again trying to gain access to 71 and run her again.  As many are aware, many were not happy with various aspects of what happened during that short revival of No. 71. 

Then, last week, another South Park forum shared the following flier:

After doing further research I discovered that the "Central City Railroad & Mining Museum" submitted an "Application for Land Use Permit" to the Central City Planning Commission on July 26th, 2019.  In the document (below) it states that this group has been talking with the City for two years about the project and that the City "has expressed an interest in assisting with the railroad."  The group's goal is to reestablish "the narrow-gauge tourist railway that ran in Central City during the late 1980's."

Many have serious doubts and concerns about this proposal.  Those who have much more insight on the subject than myself expressed their opinions in this thread from the Narrow Gauge Discussion Forum.

C&S cars on the WP&Y

As the C&S narrow gauge wound down and World War II wound up, the US Army shipped a large volume of former C&S rolling stock up to Alaska to work on the White Pass & Yukon Railway. 

Recently I located a site run by Boerries Burkhardt.  He has attempted the amazing job of making an inventory of every WP&Y piece of equipment, including:

A ton of photos of ex-C&S boxcars

Photos of ex-C&S flat cars

Photos of ex-C&S refrigerator cars

One photo of ex-C&S locomotive No.69

Visit the summit of Boreas Pass! Video

Before I had visited Boreas Pass summit myself I could never get a good sense of what it looked like.  It just seemed so nondescript compared to the Alpine Tunnel station area.  I finally visited in 2018.  I put together this video especially for those who haven't been there to get a sense of the layout and facilities that once were there, the remains of those gone, and the restored aspects at present.  I also tried to line up some historical photos with my photos and video.

My apologies for not filming the inside of the section house.  We had to make it to Boulder by the evening and couldn't linger as much as I would have liked.

Enjoy,
Kurt