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It wasn't a switch stand. It was a 55 pound rail switch frog. It was laying in the ruins of the engine house but was not attached to any rail. The rail in the stalls were still there. Basically, the building was torn down before the rail was removed. I did find a switch stand in the weeds near Ridgway. It was simular to this one, but had a solid round target...
After I sold the 0400 and the other cars, I gave most of the rail to the Uintah folks at Cross Orchards in Grand Junction. The frog and some rail did stay at a home I owned south of Montrose near the town of Colona. It's probably all still there?????
Jerry
After I sold the 0400 and the other cars, I gave most of the rail to the Uintah folks at Cross Orchards in Grand Junction. The frog and some rail did stay at a home I owned south of Montrose near the town of Colona. It's probably all still there?????
Jerry
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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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