A wealth of railfan history exists in the archives of the Rocky Mountain Rail Report, the newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club started in 1939. Here is some miscellaneous South Park Line/C&S-related news from the September 1959 edition.
On September 28th, our president, M. C . Poor, had a hernia operation, in St. Lukes Hospital. At the time of this writing, Mac was getting along very well and if he continues to improve, by the time you read this he will be at home, 4115 King St., Denver.
In talking to Dick Kindig, he tells us the printing is complete on the main part of the book, "The Pictorial Supplement to Denver, South Park & Pacific". The time tables and maps that go into the cover pockets are being worked on and the binders are expected to start the binding of the book by the end of October. The colored pictures (8) that are used in the book can be purchased from the Colorado Railroad Museum after the book has been published. These pictures will be suitable for framing.
The two remaining programs for the year 1959 will be as follows: November - Charles Ryland will give a program on the Railroads of Golden, Colorado; December-our program will be given by George Champion - the last trip through the Alpine Tunnel as the pilot on a snowplow. George is one of the last D.S.P.& P. RR employees - he worked as an Engineer, Fireman, Hostler and Nut Splitter.
M.C. Poor, Pres. Ane C. Clint, Treasurer D.K. Peterson, Vice-Pres Mike Blecha, Secretary
The previous year, on April 21, 1958, M.C. Poor had recorded the story of George Champion's last run of a rotary through Alpine Tunnel. You can hear it here:
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