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ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAIL REPORT APRIL 2000 NO. 487 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROAD CLUB Colorado Springs Trolley Status By Howard Noble 2000 Events Schedule April 11, 2000 • 7:30 PM May 9 Meeting: Slide Potpourri Howard Noble, vice president of the Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation, May 13 Event: Union Pacific will present the April program. Howard will show the Colorado Springs trolley Cheyenne Shops operations from their start in 1887. The system expanded and was soon electrified. Tour Winfield Scott Stratton acquired the system in 1900 and rehabilitated the system to a first rate operation. The Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway ran until April 1932. May 20 Event: Colorado He will also discuss the current status of the Foundation. Railroad Museum Club Work Day The Foundation has acquired 13 streetcars. They have nine 1947 Philadelphia SEPTA June Event: RTD Light Rail PCC’s, a 1943 Toronto PCC, the 1934 Los Angeles PCC #3101 leased from the Rocky Trip Mountain Railroad Club, a 1919 Laclede historic car and the 1919 Fort Collins Birney #22 historic car leased from the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club. They plan to run on June 13 Meeting: To Be Announced Colorado Avenue into old Colorado City from downtown Colorado Springs and mesh with the Colorado Springs bus system. July 11 Meeting: Steam in China at (Special Location) the Broncos Howard Noble went to MSU at Lansing, Michigan, graduating with a degree in economics and transportation. Howard retired in 1999 as the president and general August Event: Colorado Springs manager of the Cadillac and Lake City Railroad. Howard has been involved with Trolley railroading for over 30 years. Now in retirement, he works full time as the vice August 8 Meeting: To Be Announced president of the Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation. September 12 Meeting: Route of the We will meet in the southwest wing of Christ Episcopal Church, 2950 South University Rockets - Rock at Bates. Off-street parking is at the rear of the building, east of the meeting hall. Please Island use the building’s south entrance. September 22-24 Event: Deseret & Western Railway Union Pacific Slide Potpourri Night October 21 Event: Annual Banquet Cheyenne Shops Tour The April 11 club meeting will be the last Passenger Trains Please note that the Cheyenne shops tour day to give Erwin Chaim slides for the November 14 Meeting: Video Potpourri is limited to those arriving on the RMRRC Annual Slide Potpourri Night on May 9. chartered bus. Private vehicles are not Slides may also be submitted to Erwin at December 12 Meeting: Winter on Rails allowed on UPRR property and may be Caboose Hobbies before April 11. Call removed by the Special Agent. Caboose first to make sure he will be working when you want to deliver your The deadline for items to be included in Only those arriving on the RMRRC slides. Erwin cannot accept slides after the May Rail Report is April 17th. chartered bus will be allowed on the tour. April 11 or on the May 9 meeting night. ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAIL REPORT • APRIL 2000 • PAGE 1 From the President Publishers Statement By Dave Goss Rocky Mountain Rail Report In case you haven’t seen the inaugural management of the D&S, we will be able The Rocky Mountain Rail Report (ISSN issue of Classic Trains magazine, it’s to enjoy these two historic railroads for 1040-9223) is published by the Rocky worth reading. Especially interesting is an many more years. Mountain Railroad Club. article by Mallory Hope Ferrell about First class postage paid at Denver, Colorado. some of his experiences on Rocky One Sunday in March, the officers and Postmaster: Send address changes to the Mountain RR Club trips in the 1960’s. In directors held an informal brainstorming Rocky Mountain Rail Report, PO Box 2391, Denver, CO 80201-2391 fact, our very own Number 20 is featured and planning session in the Richardson in a full color reproduction of Philip Library of the Colorado RR Museum. Club Information Ronfor’s painting “Photo Stop 1947.” The During that time, we talked about where author’s comments certainly bring back we (as a Club) have been, where we are Rocky Mountain Railroad Club many fond memories of the early trips the today, and where we might want to go in PO Box 2391 club arranged on the Rio Grande Southern the future. Although no specific action Denver, CO 80201-2391 and other narrow gauge lines more than plans have been developed yet, we see the forty years ago. Ferrell’s article also focus of the Club has been and continues Club Phone: 303-979-2806 brings a bittersweet point forward when to be in four areas: membership, Club Website: education, preservation and publicizing we realize that many of these same lines http://www.rockymtnrrclub.org are but abandoned rights of way or historic ourselves (through publications, videos markers today. and meetings). In the next few months, Membership Information we plan to develop specific actions to Only the CATS and the D&S survive support these areas and will be looking for Membership in the Rocky Mountain Railroad today. But thanks to the work by the members to help carry us into the next Club may be obtained by sending the annual Friends of the CATS and to the sixty years. dues to the attention of the membership chairperson at the club address listed above. Regular membership dues are $25.00. Heber Valley Railroad Great Western 75 Photographers Special Overseas regular membership dues are $40.00. A sustaining membership is The Heber Valley Railroad’s available by adding $15.00 to any annual Photographers Special membership category. An associate is planned for September 21, membership for spouses and children is also 2000. This special all day available for $12.00 per year. Members event is scheduled as the joining after April may send a payment of Great Western locomotive $2.00 for each month remaining in the year. 75’s first public photo excursion since 1993. Club Officers President Dave Goss Photo Special tickets are now Vice President Steve Mason available for $75.00. The Secretary Jim Ehernberger one day ticket includes an Treasurer Fran Minnich eight hour train ride, lunch, a complete shop tour as well as Newsletter Contributions a two hour night photo session with both of the Newsletter contributions and items for Heber Valley Railroad’s publication should be sent to: steam locomotives, the Bruce Nall, Editor Former UP 618 and the Great Rocky Mountain Rail Report Western 75. Great Western 75 on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in PO Box 620579 Denver, Colorado, on October 10, 1987. Littleton, CO 80162-0579 In addition, this event on the – Photo © Bruce Nall Heber Valley Railroad is Fax: 303-978-0402 being held two days prior to the special between each railroad. E-mail: [email protected] Photo Train on the Durango & Silverton on September 23, 2000. The Cumbres & If you would like more information on this Steve Cross at Colorado Railroad Graphics Toltec may also run a photo train on event write the Heber Valley Railroad, PO (303-699-9174) provided the drawing of club September 24. The spacing of these three Box 609, Heber, UT 84032 or call engine number 20 for the Rail Report cover. Other railroad artwork is available. events allows plenty of travel time 435-654-5601 or 801-581-9980. ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAIL REPORT • APRIL 2000 • PAGE 2 Club Books Still Available Out At The Museum By Steve Mason DAVID MOFFAT’S DENVER, NORTHWESTERN AND PACIFIC We normally work on the second and fourth Saturday’s of the month at the This history includes a David Moffat Colorado Railroad Museum. biography which relates his many banking, mining, and railroad ventures in March 12th was cold, damp and cloudy. early Denver. His years of leading the We elected to work in the CRRM machine Denver and Rio Grande are chronicled shop where it is warm. Bob Tully and I before this history tells the story of his laid out the 3/8 inch steel gussets to attempt to build his standard gauge David Moffat’s great-great-grandnephew, reinforce the center sills. Bob, Ken Gow railroad directly west from Denver Charles Moffat (left), autographs author and I drilled the 7/8 inch holes for the through the Continental Divide to reach Bob Griswold’s Moffat Road Books at the cheek plates. Matt Tomon and Phil Scholl Salt Lake City. Moffat died before his Great American Train Show on straightened out the threads on all our completed railroad became a reality and February 26, 2000. bolts and nuts. Pat Mauro, a new was reorganized in 1913. The hard cover – Sherm Conners Photo volunteer, helped Matt and Phil. Mike book contains 256 pages and more than Spera, our eighth grader, cleaned and 200 fine old photos including many superb 1926 trip to Corona, ninety year history of polished C&S engine No. 4. McClure prints. Private Car MARCIA, and a history of Chapel Car EMMANUEL. After we drilled the holes, we used the DENVER AND SALT LAKE CRRM cutting torch to notch the gusset RAILROAD 1913 TO 1926 To order any of these books, send your plates for a draft gear bracket. We also name, address, membership number, the primed the finished plates. We added oak This publication continues the Moffat book title and check or money order to: pieces to the center sill splices and left Road history after its 1913 reorganization them in the wood shop with Lee during the railroad’s most difficult years, Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Ritterbush.