This Side Up Wrote:
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> I hope you do get to take that trip. The fall is
> my favorite time to go over Marshall Pass. Most
> of the road is on the old railroad roadbed. The
> county road is like a dirt super highway, so any
> vehicle works. In many places, you can still see
> cinders and ballast worked into the roadbed. On
> the bottom of the west side of the pass, the
> railroad passes through a lot of private land.
> The old roadbed is very visible from the road.
Hoping it's later this summer, fingers crossed! I grew up in Montrose and Gunnison so it would be like a homecoming as well.
William
aka drgwk37