Re: The Old Colorado Midland Doesn't Come By Here Much Anymore (NNG-ish)

WilliamDiehl Wrote:
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> And to throw in some narrow gauge content, on my
> way back from another trip to Denver for an annual
> pilgrimage to Coors Field, I managed to bike up a
> few miles on Marshall Pass.
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> Looking down on my car (that bright orange dot in
> the lot). Down there where the car is should be
> the site of Shirley IIRC.
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> Wide view of the same shot.
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> Looking towards Mears Jct.
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> And finally, above, and looking over O'Haver Lake.

Several years ago you could access the Midland grade through the picnic area just above where 285 starts down to Buena Vista. You could drive a passenger car all the way to the site of the large trestle (Wild Horse?) above Buena Vista. Impossible to go any further. I think that access is now blocked above the picnic area. The Midland rivaled the narrow gauge lines with the difficult terrain it went through, or over. Take the climbs to the Hagerman Pass tunnels. Those still are very accessible by vehicle with high clearance and worth the trip.. .
Bill Gould

High Commander



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/12/2020 10:14AM by HAICH OMANDIER.