Re: Como depot formerly D&RG station

Doug,
you ask an interesting question.
It is easy for twits to make disparaging remarks, I don`t mean you, because you understand the possibilities. But those who talk the talk, well you know...

Railroads were created to move things. That is there primary objective. Logging camps continually moving camp as the forests were felled. Camps continually being packed and moved as the railroads traversed the continent. Towns being built up and torn downfall the way along. And when the railroads entered cities and towns, buildings often had to be moved aside. That was their job. They could move mountains. They just had to pull them apart first.

I believe that most of the railroad buildings in Como were moved in, mostly from King, when it was decided to make Como a transition point. The blacksmith shop, the sandhouse buildings are good examples. Also the timber roundhouse extensions and the coal ramp. And all the doubled up huts in King`s row too. Did`nt get its name for nothing! Have a close look at the sand house buildings as shown from the ramp. The walls were splitting apart from the time they were first erected.

It was Jay Gould, I believe to be responsible for this behaviour. Forcing the D&RG and the DSP&P to work together, although they hated each other. He did not care about railroads. They were nothing more than a tool as a means to an end, Leadville in this case.

John