Re: Royal Gorge's Mini-RR . . .

dthom8787 Wrote:
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> There was an old western ghost town called
> Buckskin Joe where a lot of old westerns were
> filmed that was also open to tourists. It was off
> hwy 50 on the road that led to the Royal Gorge
> Bridge. They had a couple mile probably 15" or so
> gauge train next to the western town that took you
> out to an overlook above the gorge. Unfortunately
> the western town was put up for sale probably
> 10-15 years ago and it was sold to the Koch
> brothers and they moved all the buildings to their
> private ranch outside of Gunnison. The train
> lasted a few years after the western town shut
> down and moved but it eventually closed as well.
> It was up for sale before the fires but I don't
> know how it fared. There were several wooden
> trestles that could have been lost not to mention
> the ties burning.

All the equipment is in Wellington, CO now:

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