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Colorado Narrow Guage during World War I

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, October 21, 2016 7:02 PM

Same crap, different gage.

USRA did an effective job of killing off CM, DL&NW, CoE, F&CC/CC&CS, Argentine Central, DB&W.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Colorado Narrow Guage during World War I
Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Friday, October 21, 2016 12:46 PM

During the First World War, the standard gauge railroads were taken over and operated by USRA. How did this affect the narrow gauge railroads of Colordao, specifically the Rio Grande Southern, Colordao and Southern, Uintah and Denver and Rio Grande Western?

On the standard gauge front, the USRA basically hastened the inevitable death of the Colorado Midland.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.

www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com 

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