Darren,
I love your adventure series because I learn about stuff in my backyard that I never knew about. Thanks for sharing these!
Chris
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
Across the way we find the AT&SF depot
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Mr. Lion, When you arrive at Palmer Lake there is a hiking-bicycle trial along the former Santa Fe line that was abandoned in the 1970's because the City of Colorado Springs wanted Santa Fe to move on to the D&RGW track and away from many street crossings in north C. Springs.
What is interesting is that the El Paso County Parks and Recreation Dept. chose to name this THE NEW SANTA FE TRAIL after the National Historic Santa Fe Trail (1821-1875) which is located in SE Colorado.
Here are a few more shots of the outside I uploaded last night for the trip report
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That's correct Mike and in a future chapter of RRAdventures (12/17/2010) I will show you the inside as well as photographs they have showing the depot on a flatbed truck when it was moved.
The station has been beautifully restored, but I was really impressed when I read on their website that the stone building had been moved from it's original location (looks like several blocks distance.)
I think its more the past time to start-up the next chapter of RRAdvntures trip reports.
It's July 31st, 2010 and Lisa and I take off for just the day to capture more RR photo shots and this time we head South from home.
Our first stop is Castle Rock with our first item of interest being the D&RGW Depot.
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