Re: Climax Branch water tank
| December 17, 2012 08:28PM |
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> Yes, the LC&S did rebuild 1918, and the unit looks
> quite a bit different now with the low nose. 1714
> still seems to get the bulk of the work. Now if we
> could get 641 operating via a friends like group.
> The water tower could also use some restoration
> work as well as some other equipment donated by BN
> that is not in regular service. Maybe the rehab of
> some track west of the current terminus could also
> be a project as well as a restoration to the
> Leadville yard facilities (i.e. depot, freight
> depot, yard trackage, roundhouse, & maybe some
> replication of historical structures such as the
> coal loader.
That is a lot of restoration but would be cool. I wonder if Lake County would be onboard as it could be a "economic development". We have a lot on our plate but the population is growing...
> Yes, the LC&S did rebuild 1918, and the unit looks
> quite a bit different now with the low nose. 1714
> still seems to get the bulk of the work. Now if we
> could get 641 operating via a friends like group.
> The water tower could also use some restoration
> work as well as some other equipment donated by BN
> that is not in regular service. Maybe the rehab of
> some track west of the current terminus could also
> be a project as well as a restoration to the
> Leadville yard facilities (i.e. depot, freight
> depot, yard trackage, roundhouse, & maybe some
> replication of historical structures such as the
> coal loader.
That is a lot of restoration but would be cool. I wonder if Lake County would be onboard as it could be a "economic development". We have a lot on our plate but the population is growing...
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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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