Popeye8762 Wrote:
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> Wayne Hoskin Wrote:
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> > Where abouts in Breckenridge and Idaho Springs
> are
> > the engines, I am going Stateside next year
> and
> > need to start compiling a list of all the
> sights
> > to see, don't want to miss any!
> > Actually, can someone compile a list of all
> > preserved engines in CO, we will be doing a
> good
> > trip from Denver, Como, Leadville, Carson City,
> > Montrose, RGS row, Durango to Chama (Friends
> work
> > session), roughly speaking.
> >
> > Wayne from Oz
>
> Wayne,
>
> While you're planning, you can drive from the
> Breckenridge Locomotive (and rotary, and caboose),
> right down the mostly unpaved but well maintained
> DSP&P roadbed right to the Como roundhouse. It's
> one of the most beautiful drives, and best
> railroad drives, in America. About 30 Klicks. The
> road is dirt, but well traveled and well
> maintained during the summer. If you rent a
> compact car, I might not try it after -torrential-
> rains. Any common SUV or mid-size would have no
> problem.
>
> [
www.alltrails.com]
> -pass-road
>
>
> Doug
Will be going the other way Doug, staying overnight at Como, after driving over Kenosha pass from Denver, then up Boreas Pass to Breckenridge and continuing on to Leadville.
I only just discovered there is a rotary up there as well, good old Google street view, thick layer of snow down when the Google van when thru though unfortunately.
Great to hear road reports though, we will be going thru in late July so I hope the weather will be kind to us.
Is Boreas Pass the one that has some relaid track on the ROW up near the summit??
Wayne from Oz.
