Re: M-O-W Sections

Until the 1920s, there were several more sites than mentioned here.
As technology improved (read gas-powered speeders), and workers didn't have to walk or ride hand-pumped cars to the day's work site, "sections" became larger, and consequently section camps were closed. The buildings may have remained for some time, though.
For example, along what is now the C&TS, there were accomodations for section hands at Toltec and Los Pinos which were closed in the 1920s. The Los Pinos buildings were near the water tank, the Toltec site was near Toltec Creek, about half-way between the west switch of Toltec siding and Toltec Tunnel.
I believe there were accomodations at Cresco for a short time after the railroad opened in 1880. They may have been simply the log buildings left from the original construction.
Section accomodations usually consisted of a frame-and-siding house for the foreman (and perhaps his family), and one or more log bunkhouses for the hands.
In addition to the remaining house at Cumbres, a bunkhouse existed at Cumbres (between the section house and the bridge) until 1954, when it was torn down along with the depot.
The log bunkhouse at Osier, and the buildings at Los Pinos and Toltec, probably disappeared in the 1930s.
The buildings at Big Horn (in the lower horseshoe at "Whiplash Curve") survived until the 1950s, maybe the 1960s.
The section house at Antonito survived until 1970.
A log bunkhouse for section men still exists in the Chama yard.
JAC