I don't think it does to bad on ridership, it is easily accsessed and well advertised to the vail valley (Vail and Beaver Creek) tourist as well as the Breckenridge/Keystone summer tourists. The trains seem fairly full. As for exact ridership I don't know but I have to imagine it a least sees the same amount of riders the C&TS sees in a season, with two runs a day and it is in a fairly good location (nothing beats the location of the loop though).I just don't think it gets mentioned a lot on this forum because it is sg and a diesel operation, yet it is a very historic and interesting route when it comes to ng operations. The route truely gives amazing views of the upper Arkansas river valley, there is a reason the complete extension from Como to Leadville was called the highline extension.
Alex
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2012 09:39PM by southparkline1.