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March Final.Indd RAIL REPORT March 2019 NO. 702 Rocky Mountain Railroad Club • Rocky Mountain Railroad Historical Foundation Georgetown Loop Railroad, The First 30 Years Of Restoration Presented by Bill Robie and Dave Ropchan March 12, 2019 • 7:30 PM Bill Robie was an employee, volunteer, and fan of the reconstruction projects for both the Central City and Georgetown Loop Railroads during the Ashby and Ropchan era. Bill will present a slide show covering many of the highlights of the Georgetown Loop Railroad early years from inception, to include the predecessor years at the Central City Narrow Gauge Railroad. Dave Ropchan, part owner of the two former operations, will provide most of the narration. Images will include moving #44 from Central to Silver Plume, laying the very first rail, some of the early employee special runs, double-headers, and rebuilding the famous Devil’s Gate Viaduct “high bridge.” Please join us for an enjoyable, educational evening at Christ Church at 2950 South University Boulevard (University Boulevard at Bates Avenue) where there is plenty of off street parking at the rear of the complex. Please bring a guest. All programs are intended to provide an educational experience on railroading. The general public is welcome to attend. There is no charge for this meeting. RMRRC 2019 Calendar April 9: Monthly Meeting and Program, “Patagonia Express” by Bill Jones. May 14: Monthly Meeting and Program, “Update On RR Progress In Como” by the South Park Rail Society board members. June 11: Monthly Meeting and Program: “Contemporary Steam Locomotive Restorations” presented by Jim Wrinn of Trains magazine. July: No Monthly Meeting. August 13: Monthly Meeting and Program. Due to circumstances beyond our control, programs and dates are subject to change without notice. Please contact Dave Schaaf with program ideas at [email protected] or 303 988-3456. Georgetown Loop Railroad, The First 30 Years Of Restoration Setting the center span on the famous Devil’s Gate Viaduct “high bridge.” – Photo © Bill Robie. Georgetown Loop #44 on a on a special run. – Photo © Bill Robie. For Rail Report 702, the masthead features Lehigh and New England 702. – Howard Fogg photo from the Tom Klinger Collection. Rocky Mountain Rail Report • Page 2 • March 2019 Georgetown Loop Railroad, The First 30 Years Of Restoration SeaBees do grading work at the Georgetown Loop Pin Truss bridge. – Photo © Bill Robie. Georgetown Loop #40 and #44 in the Silver Plume yards. – Photo © Bill Robie. Rocky Mountain Rail Report • Page 3 • March 2019 Thoughts and Ramblings of Club President Dennis Leonard As we visit Galt and exempt foundation. load out ore on our trip to Lake City on the LC&O Many other groups are RR during a slightly focused on equipment, warmer March, we recog- running and preservation nize that the loading out (only to mention a few of gold ore represents, in who have actual track like our case, the club mem- the Friends of the Cum- bers, our spouses, com- bres and Toltec Scenic mittee members, board RR, Georgetown Loop, members and officers of the Denver and Ft Col- the RMRRC. Galt on Denny’s model Lake lins trolley runs, the two City and Ouray Railroad. South Park Groups and There are projects and – Photo © Denny Leonard. the Ridgway RR Mu- trips that we can support seum) and deserve our and be involved in. And support as they build and there will be opportunities to nominate rebuild railroad history! worthy projects to support as the Rocky Mountain Rail Road Club Historical The preservation of rail history in- Foundation Board will soon so be con- cludes the memories and stories of the sidering grants. Please share with us proj- railroaders who built, operated and doc- ects that you might be aware of so we or umented the railroads of Colorado. Per- you may encourage them to submit an sonnel stories and histories submitted to application to us for consideration of a us are currently part of Rail Report pages. grant. But there are many more to be told. Our organization works at preserving So as another exhortation, we encour- the history of Colorado railroads and age members to submit their own or through the grants that we can do each others biographies for publication on year we have the opportunity to help our web page and for archives purposes. fund a group of projects preserving our We have such a wealth of history and Colorado Railroad history. knowledge in our membership which needs to be shared! As mentioned before, let us know places or equipment that we should con- I hope that some of you visited the sider to support and or visit. RMRRC booth at the train show March 2 and 3 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. But remember, in order to continue Our board had pleasure of reaching out or increase the grants, the Club needs to to other fans and potential members. enlarge its endowment. So, we ask all to consider some donation or bequeath to Please feel free to contact me by the Rocky Mountain Rail Road Histori- email at [email protected] or call cal Foundation which is a 501(c)(3) tax 303-809-9430. Rocky Mountain Rail Report • Page 4 • March 2019 UP 844 leads the July 18, 2009, Cheyenne Frontier Days Train. – Photo © 2009 Nathan Zachman. The End Of The Denver Post’s Cheyenne Frontier Days Train By Bruce Nall The Denver Post and The Denver The annual Denver Post special Post Community Foundation an- train ran from 1908 to 1970 except nounced that in 2019 and beyond, for 1924, and 1942 to 1945. On The Denver Post Cheyenne Fron- July 18, 1992, the trip came back tier Days Train will no longer oper- as the Centennial Special using Ski ate. Their press release noted equip- Train coaches pulled by Amtrak ment availability as one reason since UP locomotives. will be using its heritage equipment in 2019, running across the country com- In 1994, the train returned to steam memorating the 150th anniversary of power, pulled by UP 3985, the type of the completion of the Transcontinental engine that had pulled the special in the Railroad. 1950s. Since then, UP 3985 or UP 844, as well as UP E-9s have led the train. The special train started running in the early 1900s. In 2018, over 700 tick- There have been 27 Denver Post eted passengers rode the rails behind the Cheyenne Frontier Days Train trips since steam engine led train to Cheyenne for a the revival of steam locomotive powered grand time at Cheyenne Frontier Days. special trains. In Remembrance Daryl B. Ryder Daryl B. Ryder passed away on February 6, 2019. He was a 53-year member of the club, joining in 1966, and held seniority number 32 at the time of his passing. Rocky Mountain Rail Report • Page 5 • March 2019 The Manitou & Pike’s Peak Railway gasoline car #7 arrives and is pulled onto the Colorado Railroad Museum’s turntable. Diesel motor #9 and coach #12 are in the background. – Photo © 2019 Bill Robie. Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway News By Dave Schaaf and Bruce Nall Gary Pierson, CEO of Oklahoma the next year or two. Everything has been Publishing Co., parent company of the ordered from Switzerland for a complete Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway, said replacement of the cog. A new $50 mil- demolition of the existing 9-mile railway lion summit house is under construction will begin this spring. The new cog sys- at the end of the cog rails on Pikes Peak. tem is not compatible with the old, worn infrastructure, so everything must be re- Stadler Bussnang AG of Switzerland placed or modified. The Colorado Rail- announced in January that it had re- road Museum acquired the old Manitou ceived the order for rack-and-pinion die- & Pike’s Peak Railway’s first gasoline sel locomotives, rail cars that will be con- car #7, as well as diesel motor #9 and figured to carry 240 to 260 passengers, coach #12. These arrived in Golden in and snow removal systems. The railway mid-February. The M&PP snow plow is has been closed since 2017 while Okla- likely to go to the outdoor rail museum homa Publishing officials worked out a in Pueblo, Colorado. deal with the city of Manitou Springs to rebuild the tourist attraction. The rail- New Pikes Peak Cog Railway rolling way is scheduled to reopen in 2021. stock and track will be put in place over Rocky Mountain Rail Report • Page 6 • March 2019 Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway News The Manitou & Pike’s Peak Railway diesel motor #9 with coach #12 behind at the Colorado Railroad Museum roundhouse. – Photo © 2019 Dave Schaaf. The Manitou & Pike’s Peak Railway gasoline car #7 (left) and diesel motor #9 with coach #12 are on the rails at the Colorado Railroad Museum. – Photo © 2019 Bill Robie. Rocky Mountain Rail Report • Page 7 • March 2019 The Cimarron Canyon Rail Exhibit at the Curecanti National Recreation Area is back. The Cimarron Train Restoration Project has been completed and Locomotive #278, its coal tender, a boxcar, and caboose returned to the “steel deck span” bridge. The 288-foot long trestle, constructed in 1895, replaced the original 1882 wooden Howe truss design trestle. – Photo © 2019 Steve Mason. Return Of The Cimarron Canyon Rail Exhibit By Steve Mason At the mouth of Cimarron Creek, shade when we arrived where the display just upstream from where it spills into was. After eight years of waiting it was the Gunnison River, stands a reminder there.The restoration looks really good, of bygone days in railroading.
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