Re: Question

Charlie:
Following is a description of the Colorado Historical Society who runs the loop. You can get a PDF of their annual report on their web site at:[www.coloradohistory.org]
I have no personal knowledge of who is at fault in the loop mess. I have been a member of the CHS for more than 20 years. I do know that is almost impossible to do any serious research and writing about Colorado's railroads without the CHS library.
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Who We Are
Founded in 1879, the Colorado Historical Society brings the unique character of Colorado's past to more than a million people each year through historical museums and highway markers, exhibitions, manuscript and photograph collections, popular and scholarly publications, historical and archaeological preservation services, and educational programs for children and adults. In short, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Colorado for present and future generations. A nonprofit agency with its own membership, the Society is also a state institution located within Colorado's Department of Higher Education.
Museums and Historic Sites
The Colorado Historical Society operates twelve historic sites and museums at 10 locations around the state, including the Colorado History Museum in Denver. Each has its own regional character and thematic focus-from the days of the fur trade along the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers to early Hispanic life and settlement in southern Colorado, the Ute Indians of the Western Slope, the Clear Creek gold rush, the Leadville silver boom, and the growth of Denver.
Our Mission: To Collect, Preserve, and Interpret
The Society's collections-protected, conserved, and held in trust for all of Colorado's people-contain more than 125,000 artifacts and eight million historical documents, including books, maps, photographs, diaries, and newspapers. From these historical treasures and tools of knowledge, we prepare exhibitions, publications, and educational programs-and we offer a full range of services for researchers through the Society's Stephen H. Hart Library. Historians, archaeologists, and preservationists of all kinds may also explore the vast database of Colorado's visible past-and link to other preservation resources-through the Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation. And, whether for business or pleasure, many of the Society's statewide facilities offer excellent, history-rich settings for special events.
Join Our Community
The Society carries out its mission-and continues its work-with the support of 8,500 individual and family members, more than 80 corporate members and sponsors, a professional staff of 113, a volunteer corps of approximately 800, and four special advisory councils representing the diversity of Colorado's people. We welcome you to become a part of our community-as a volunteer, intern, dues-paying member, staff member, corporate member, or corporate sponsor.