Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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I on the other hand will look to take several close-up shots of items starting with these shots.
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Anybody know what is with this crazy clock?
OK, now lets step inside and see a few photographs that Lisa took of the interior - - Click on each Thumbnail for larger images
Click on each Thumbnail for larger images
Lisa will also catch a nice close up shot of the baggage cart...
So, lets start off with shots of the School House converted into a Depot - - - Building #17: SOUTH PARK CITY DEPOT Originally the Buffalo Springs School, c. 1900, the depot contains memorabilia of the railroads which serviced South Park.
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There is also something else here of interest to Railfans...
South Park Yes, that place made famous by the carton
Well, I think we know what this last building might have been used for...
Here too is a few shots of the Section house Outside - Interior -
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Here are a few close up shots of this Colorado Midland Depot -
Hi Ray!
There is very little glass left in the old mill if I recall correctly. Today it's used as a Mining Museum as well as a local Halloween haunted house.
Great pics and info, thanks for posting them. I especially like the shots of the Argo mine/mill. Is there any glass left in the windows of the mill? Hard to tell from the pics. Looks like the windows are just boarded over from the inside or something.
It's Day #2 if our three (3) day adventure and we start off the morning in Hartsel tracking down Colorado Midland structures.
From this point we head over Loveland Pass 11,990 ft. (3655 m), pass through Keystone, skirt along Dillon Reservoir, and into Breckenridge.
We won't hike up the roadbed much on this day but would get back here two days later so stay tune for more on this later within this chapter... -
For those that don't know the history behind this Fallen Flag here is a link to the Wiki Page as well as a historical photo. This was a SHAY railroad with steep grades to the top of a mountain, literally! WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Central_Railway
After getting some other historic buildings and monuments in Idaho Springs we traveled to Georgetown to get a few photographs of some of the historic buildings in downtown there too. We would then travel up I70 to Silver Plume. So, one might think we were there to catch the Georgetown Loop but no, we were looking for the Argentine Central rail-bed that started in Silver Plume. We found what we were looking for!!!!!!! Got the GPS out and recorded the location...
The Idaho Springs Colorado and Southern Section House still sits in it's original location (39°44'38.30"N 105°31'59.11"W) and here too is a photo I took in 2006.
The Idaho Springs Colorado and Southern Depot is now a Private Residence (39°43'31.76"N 105°33'12.97"W). I didn't take any photographs on this trip but rather then having look at any of my old topics for a photo here is one I took in 2006.
In looking through historical photos of when the C&S operated in Idaho Springs I have seen the Miner Street Bridge as it existed when the track passed in front of it and it's the same bridge that exists today. Seems folks knew how to build road bridges in those days to last; kind of reminds you of a railroad bridge design doesn't it!
Here is a wider view of Idaho Springs using Google Earth where I have marked a few items. First notice in the Upper-Left is where the C&S Depot now resides as a Private Residence. Cross over to the right and you can see that I have marked where the Section House still stands today. Go down from there and note the location again where the C&S Depot originally stood. The RED line marks where the track was from the Depot to the ARGO Mill. As it made the curve the tracks crossed over Miner Street right in front of the road bridge. The track then followed down what is now Riverside Drive to ARGO Mill
The other industry was Tourism as people flocked here to use the springs...
One of the two major reasons the Colorado and Southern operated in Idaho Springs was GOLD Mining. Here are a few views of the ARGO Gold Mine and Mill along with a Mining Train Engine and Cars. - - -
Behind City Hall (#40 - Grass Valley School House; Moved from 2325 Miner Street) sits Colorado and Southern Steam Engine #60. It is the only narrow gauge steam engine sitting on it's original roadbed in the country. I have more photos of the Engine / Cars from earlier trips that I can post if folks are interested...
Geared Steam Thanks Lion, always good stuff from you.
Thanks Lion, always good stuff from you.
Thanks Geared!!!!!!!
Here is another angle of the Worth's Saloon freight platform
Here is the backside of Building #46b (John Rohner) and #46a (Worth's Saloon) which today combined make up the Buffalo Restaurant. You can see the Freight Platform that was for Worth's Saloon. A bit farther down is a RED fence which is the back of Building #44 (Shields-Cooper Building). Now look clear down to the end of the walkway you can see C&S Engine #60; this is how the train would have looked as it turned down around the curve heading towards these buildings.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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I marked a couple of the buildings in BLUE rather then RED to highlight them with photos I took from the old road bed since you could still see their RR history. Remember Build #54 that was marked as a Vacant Lot in the B&W shot, well here it is today...
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