Re: RGS depot.

Yes, we are about to sign another contract with the Rico Historical Society to do further stabilization work on the water tower this summer, including tightening the hoops and some other work.
I have walked most of the area around the tank and there is nothing there except patches of cinders and some traces of where tracks were. The willows have reclaimed much of that area, and when willows take over, it is because of a high water table, but also causes the land to be declared wet lands, and there goes the neighborhood.
The only other intact trackage I've seen on the RGS was several years ago at the original Ridgway roundhouse, and several rails were in place under a couple of feet of water. That area is rapidly being developed, and the wye area is now completely gone, being buried under new houses and streets. Little by little, it is all disappearing. Ridgway is a hot real estate market now and prices are escalating rapidly.
One thing I haven't seen is mention that the "hotel" on top of Dallas Divide disappeared last summer, only to reappear completely rebuilt, in the same location and looks the same to me as the original. I would think Raplph Lauren had this done as it is on his Double RL ranch.