Re: Cumbres snow shed

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Jerry,
> In that second shot there appears to be more snow
> INSIDE the shed than outside. Makes you wonder
> just affective the snow sheds really were, and
> maybe why the railroad let the others go without
> rebuilding them.
> Greg Scholl
Greg:

That was an early shot of the first snow shed. The D&RGW did rebuild it in the 20s. The greatest problem with snow sheds was fire. Fires destroyed or damaged the RGS shed at Lizzard, on the D&RGW at Marshall Pass, and one on the Ibex branch. The last snow sheds on the D&RGW over a main track were those on the standard gauge Ibex branch out of Leadville.

Jerry Day
Longmont, CO



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2011 11:15PM by Jerry Day.