Re: "We've pulled the ralls as far as Chamita"

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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>
> If stuff was gone in the 20's and 30's. heck that
> wasn't all that long after they were built. Most

A mere 40 years or so.

> of the main body of D&RGW NG started
> to go in the early 50's along with the RGS. What
> was next after the Chili Line....might have
> been a few years to the next line closure.

As Jerry mentioned, next up was the Orient branch (out of service since 1930) in 1942, [Also Silverton. Northern]
In 1944-48 pieces of the Gunnison area coal branches (Castleton-Kubler, Crested Butte-Anthracite, Castleton-Baldwin)
June of '49, Spinero-Cedar Creek
Feb '51, Mears Jct-Hooper (middle rail removed Hooper-Alamosa)
Nov '51, RGS
Fall of '52 Montrose-Cedar Creek
March of '52, Ridgway-Ouray (Montrose-Ridgway std gauged)
December '53 Poncha Jct -Gunnison, Crested Butte, Casleton & Sapinero branches.
June of '56, Monarch branch (std gauged)
December '68, Antonito-Durango, Farmington Branch

I went with last revenue trains for the most part as some lines sat for a year or two before scrapping.

Hank