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Rick Steele

March 03, 2001 10:13PM

The HCR was built on the roadbed of the former 3' gauge Railroad at a Shopping area outside of Golden, Colorado known as Heritage Square. The former 3' gauge was known as the Magic Mountain Railroad. This was an ill-fated attempt to replicate the California Amusement Park in the early sixties. The power for Magic Mountain was ex-RGS No. 42.
The High Country Railroads most visible principle was Ed Gerlits, a local Denver railfan. The gauge was 24". Among the 2' gauge baggage car the you mentioned, there was a 2' gauge shay and an internal combustion (diesel? Gasoline?). The equipment was owned by various individuals including Ed, Jim Eherenberger of Cheyenne and Stu Anderson of Boulder.
The railroad was abandoned when Ed felt that the operation took too much of his time. I don't know what became of the equipment.
Rick Steele

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Subject	Author	Posted
High Country Railroad	O. Anderson	March 03, 2001 03:17PM
Re: High Country Railroad	Rick Steele	March 03, 2001 10:13PM
Re: High Country Railroad	PRR	March 03, 2001 10:55PM
Re: High Country Railroad	PRR	March 03, 2001 11:27PM
Re: High Country Railroad	Ted Miles	March 04, 2001 04:50PM
But what about the Shay ?	El Coke	March 03, 2001 11:01PM
Re: But what about the Shay ?	PRR	March 03, 2001 11:24PM
Gilpin dreams	Steve Peck	March 05, 2001 11:39AM
Re: Gilpin dreams	James R. Temple	March 05, 2001 02:54PM
Re: Gilpin dreams	Steve Peck	March 05, 2001 03:25PM
Pinos Altos pipe dreams	El Coke	March 06, 2001 04:38PM
Re: But what about the Shay ?	Roger Mitchell	March 07, 2001 04:01PM
High Country Railroad Equipment PIC	ncng9	March 06, 2001 06:24PM

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