While looking for some info on the long-gone South Park Line Bailey depot, I stumbled upon a business named "Bailey Depot Feed." Curious, I perused the site and found that it indeed has a connection with the old C&S station.
The site states, "Bailey Depot Feed first opened its doors 35 years ago. Originally located at the bottom of Crow Hill near the original site of the Bailey Depot train station, we have since moved to our current home in Delwood Square, right off of U.S. Highway 285 and Park County Road 43.
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| Bailey Depot Feed today |
Bailey Depot Feed remains an integral part of the community. In fact, residents located directly east or west in the Burland, Friendship Ranch, Mill-Iron D, Deer Creek Valley Ranchos, KZ Ranch, Elk Creek Highland/ Meadows and Harris Park subdivisions can visit us without the need to enter a busy and/ or ice-packed highway 285!
As of October, 2021 Bailey Depot Feed is now an authorized Neighborhood U-haul dealer. We have a nearly new Chevrolet Silverado pickup and an open trailer with ramps assigned to us permanently and available for local rentals. We also regularly receive moving vans and trailers available for nationwide one-way rentals."
The site also has a photo of the original Bailey depot. The station is in bad shape. The windows have been broken, likely by vandalism. The front door is gone and only partially boarded up. Part of the roof is also missing. Most of the roof overhang on one side seems to have been cut off. My guess is that this is the late 1930's, possibly 1938, since the rails are still in place.
The October 1975 Rocky Mountain Rail Report stated, "The old Denver, South Park & Pacific depot at Bailey is no more. Around the first of June, the building was burned and bulldozed into dust. Attempt was made by several groups to save the building even though it was badly deteriorated, but the local fire department had other ideas."
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