Hi,
Both the D&RG(W) and the DSP&P (C&S) had lines up the Blue River Canyon.
When Alpine Tunnel was closed for good, the D&RGW and the C&S swapped line, D&RGW got the C&S lines out of Gunnison and the C&S got the D&RGW lines northeast from Leadville. Just as the D&RGW built a line from its mainline to the C&S line to Floresta (sp?), the C&S mainline was realigned over the best parts of the ex-DSP&P and D&RGW lines in the Blue River Canyon.
I think I've got that outline right.
Doug vV
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