December 12, 2006 09:12AM
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Might do better to just make up a train at the Colorado Railroad Museum with 318, 346, 20 and whatever else is around. They have coaches and freight cars but running space is limited.
A "pipe dream" of mine has been they purchasing the land up to the road and expanding the railroad. Crossing that road would suddenly make our friends at the FRA take notice and I think it'd be better to stay away from getting Uncle Sam involved with a small railroad like that... But across that road is a nice large pond that is owned by Coors and they have been very friendly to the railroad museum that they might lease a right of way around it to create a "decient" ride out and back. But what to do about the road?
Ah well. But the goal of the museum is not to run trains but to preserve them. Preserving them as operational is a bonus and they have a really good staff of employees and volunteers there and a wonderful building (Cornelous Hauck Roundhouse or restoration shop or whatever...)
Now if they could only get across 44th and down to the BNSF tracks and continue up the hill toward Central City and Idaho Springs...
" /> You know, in a few more years of gas prices going up, people might begin to look at trains to get up to their gambling towns and mass transit trains is a cheaper alternative to having to drive somewhere but giving up the convenience of a car will be very tough... But can you imagine tearing up a highway to put in a railroad? That'd be cool. Narrow Gauge Auto Trains anyone?
Sorry. Haven't had enough coffee this morning.
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