Re: Railroad Display in Black Canyon of the Gunnison-visiting I

I stopped briefly at Cimarron years back not knowing the 278 and rolling stock were just up the side road on a restored bridge. But there are rebuilt corrals and stock cars at Cimarron itself depicting the livestock industry which are well worth visiting (the cars were tarped in the off season so be forewarned). Note the outfit car of Jerry's photograph before it was restored by the D&S.:


My next visit came when the equipment was off the bridge for restoration. &( (Business trips you get what you get). Cimarron was built on the railroad after it came out of the Black Canyon in the tributary stream canyon and where the ground finally opened up a bit. The "modern" dam was built back down in the Black Canyon just upstream from where the railroad came out and the grade from Cimarron became the access road.. Facing the dam from about where the railroad began the climb out:


Looking upstream toward Cimarron from the same location with the railroad grade/access road continuing above on the left (note the higher steeper road which is the modern access to the top of the dam):


Farther upstream is the restored bridge which usually holds the #278 and train (photos commonly shared usually do not show the herald on the bridge as the best equipment photo angle is on the upstream end):


Past the bridge the valley at Cimarron can be seen ahead from the grade in the stream canyon:




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/18/2021 12:02AM by heatermason.