Stephen G Wrote:
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> Sounds like Como needs some bunk cars
. . .
Brian Norden Wrote:
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> And a commissary [car] with a cook.
Jerry Huck Wrote:
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> The South Park Rail Society has one D&RGW out-
> fit car waiting to ship to Como, D&RGW 04951 was
> acquired from the Western Railway Preservation
> Society last summer and will be moving to Como
> for accommodations soon.
That's GREAT news!!
Brian Norden Wrote:
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> Rand McNally (
https://www.randmcnally.com/)
> [shows the] driving distance from downtown
> Denver to Como is 75 miles and it figures
> the duration to drive it is 1 hour 30 minutes.
Maybe in the middle of the day, Brian -
But nowhere near rush hour, especially during the summer tourist season. It took me at least three hours for the ninety miles from Fairplay to downtown Denver on a weekday afternoon last August — plus another half hour out east to my motel sorta near the airport (about halfway from Golden to Kansas).
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/19/2019 10:37AM by Russo Loco.