Have you ever dreamed of owning a railroad?

Or maybe just some tracks a few blocks long on which to run a couple of speeders?

Rail preservationists save small slice of valley railroad

Preservationists once dreamed of saving miles of railroad tracks along the Roaring Fork Valley corridor. They’ll have to settle for several city blocks’ worth instead.

Railroad enthusiasts have successfully prevailed upon the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority board to leave in place the tracks between 14th and 23rd streets in Glenwood Springs.

Glenwood resident Jan Girardot, with the Western Colorado chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, said the group is planning to run its speeder cars on the short stretch beginning this summer for public education purposes. The small cars are powered by automotive engines and once were used for maintenance on local tracks.

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