Re: Narrow Gauge Circle broken - Cerro timelines

This thread has been really helpful. The line over Cerro has always intrigued me, and that’s where the first permanent/physical break in the NG circle (final version) occurred. Jimmy, your May 1949 posts were before my signing up for the Forum, but I’ve now read them all and they’re fascinating. Especially since they’re consecutive days and show the sequence of operations on both the east and west sides of Cerro. The last sheep rush I gather, as well as the last ever trains. Also interesting was to search the Denver library’s Otto Perry photos for those dates. You can readily see how the photos line up with the dispatcher sheets. What an experience it would have been to hang out at Cimarron or even Cerro Summit during a stock rush, with trains coming from both directions, light engine helper moves back down the hill etc. A number of the moves were at night of course, but many many were daylight.

Cheers,
Ralph

PS. I’ve never seen photos of the Sapinero-Montrose scrap trains. Have any ever appeared online or in print?