Re: "Dark" places on the ng - Cow Creek to Alkali Creek on the Ouray branch
| December 03, 2019 11:20PM |
The ridge of earth you are referring to is the end of the high fill of the railroad grade coming from the Cow Creek trestle. Close to the tank site there has been some earth moved by the State Park, so the grade is no longer intact. Park management thinks that the Railroad grade/fill is an impediment to new projects that are under consideration, so part of the grade may be bulldozed away in the future. BTW I was told that park property extends 30 feet beyond the north end of the Cow Creek bridge. While Dave Peterson's Google link shows the area very well, here is a marked up "hard copy" of the Google view.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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