Re: Alpine & Boreas Passes - Stone Engine House Question

So do any of you ever consider that the pusher Loco was simply run long-hood first return to Pitkin, if it was not required to be used on the Atlantic side?
Hancock-Pitkin was 16 miles vs
Alpine-Hancock-Y-Alpine-Pitkin was 19 miles
Alpine-Pitkin was 13 miles.

The Tunnel collapse has been written 1888, reopened 1895 so why wouldn't the UP install the TT in the known pit inside the Stone Enginehouse until relocated post fire? I feel it could be considered that the Pit was constructed at anytime after the DSP&P failure, maybe the records of such installation were lost in the Omaha take-over until noted in the Rick Steele's reference to the DL&G receivers audit?.

Until the Silver Panic of 1893, there was considerable Mining in the Quartz valley, just how long they had any traffic out of Woodstock/Sherrod area is anyone's guess but there was the Tin Cup offerings out of Quartz itself. There must have been reason to run up there with the Tunnel closed, the new Tunnel Gulch Tank aka new Woodstock tank according to Mac poor was 1889.

Como, "There is certainly a strong suggestion that they cleared out the debris of the fire to allow continuing operation, before putting in the new turntable, which means one was there then."

The TT was installed (relocated?) in 1907(Poor) up to the waste dump for the Tunnel excavations area, I assume because that gave them the embankment needed to allow an open sited Table: I've never seen reference nor suggestion they went and reused the old location until then if that is what you meant?.