Re: Antonito Visitor's Center
| September 17, 2007 10:44PM |
John:
I think your idea to turn the Antonito depot into a Visitor Center has a lot of merit. A restored Antonito depot with a Visitors center inside plus the new Antonito CRF would help make Antonito more of a destination. Coincidentally the Antonito depot and surrounding area was added to the recent National Register listing for the RR. I believe the Friends have also made the offer of helping Antonito restore the depot. If SL&RG would come on board the dual gauge would be possible. And just think, with the 2.5 million we have saved from having to build a new visitors center in Chama we could use that money to rebuild the San Juan trainset which of course would have to arrive/depart from the restored Antonito depot...with a standard gauge connection to Alamosa.
Rod
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/2007 10:49PM by rod.
I think your idea to turn the Antonito depot into a Visitor Center has a lot of merit. A restored Antonito depot with a Visitors center inside plus the new Antonito CRF would help make Antonito more of a destination. Coincidentally the Antonito depot and surrounding area was added to the recent National Register listing for the RR. I believe the Friends have also made the offer of helping Antonito restore the depot. If SL&RG would come on board the dual gauge would be possible. And just think, with the 2.5 million we have saved from having to build a new visitors center in Chama we could use that money to rebuild the San Juan trainset which of course would have to arrive/depart from the restored Antonito depot...with a standard gauge connection to Alamosa.
Rod
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/2007 10:49PM by rod.
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