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Posts published in January 2015

The Caboose – Just the Facts about Passenger Trains

by Forrest Whitman If you got on a train in Colorado Central country in 1920, you could go to almost any point in the nation by rail. The Denver and Rio Grande Western would be your line from Salida. You could cover 2,560 miles on that line alone. If you got on in Salida, you’d see two roundhouses comprising the most turntable tracks operating in the state (one narrow gauge, three feet, and one standard at four feet 8 1/2 inches). This would be tied in bays available with Pueblo roundhouse. Add in your miles (probably from Buena Vista) on ...

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