I think its more the past time to start-up the next chapter of RRAdvntures trip reports.
It’s July 31st, 2010 and Lisa and I take off for just the day to capture more RR photo shots and this time we head South from home.
Our first stop is Castle Rock with our first item of interest being the D&RGW Depot.
The station has been beautifully restored, but I was really impressed when I read on their website that the stone building had been moved from it’s original location (looks like several blocks distance.)
That’s correct Mike and in a future chapter of RRAdventures (12/17/2010) I will show you the inside as well as photographs they have showing the depot on a flatbed truck when it was moved.
Here are a few more shots of the outside I uploaded last night for the trip report
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Mr. Lion, When you arrive at Palmer Lake there is a hiking-bicycle trial along the former Santa Fe line that was abandoned in the 1970’s because the City of Colorado Springs wanted Santa Fe to move on to the D&RGW track and away from many street crossings in north C. Springs.
What is interesting is that the El Paso County Parks and Recreation Dept. chose to name this THE NEW SANTA FE TRAIL after the National Historic Santa Fe Trail (1821-1875) which is located in SE Colorado.
That’s Funny!!! [(-D]
Across the way we find the AT&SF depot
Darren,
I love your adventure series because I learn about stuff in my backyard that I never knew about. Thanks for sharing these!
Chris
Thanks Chris!
You might also enjoy knowing that I am working to rebuild my RRAdventures website here in the near future. What I have been calling “Project X” I have been slowing working on and when it’s 100% ready it will get rolled out officially. The “Project X” URL is only temporary so don’t bookmark it for long-term reference but this should give you an idea of what I have been up to as time allows. It will give Railfans a whole new feeling of where things are at in our backyard and will get expanded to cover ALLOT more then just what this working copy shows already
Here are a couple more angles I took. The first is from the D&RGW Depot looking across the highway. If you look closely at the side of the depot in both shots you can see the RR Logo still somewhat there.
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Our next stop is in Sedalia where we track down the AT&SF Depot there…
Here are a couple more shots I took of this depot…
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The Santa Fe logo on the Sedalia depot is a nice touch. What is the building used for at the present time?
Today it’s a Private Home and with the high fence and scrubs it’s not very visible for photography which might be the point.
Before leaving Sedalia, we also tracked down this sign that contains historical information that those of us interested in Fallen Flags history is always important finds especially when there are old photos…
Close up shots…
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After we left Sedalia heading towards Palmer Lake we came across a couple of strange cows in a field and when I say strange I mean Camels! Not something you expect to find in Colorado but yet here they were…
Reaching Palmer Lake we track down the AT&SF Depot that used to also be at Larkspur, CO and well we kind of found it. It’s a Private Home today and has been HEAVILY modified… [sigh]
If I didn’t have information that this was the depot I would have thought it was gone and well in many ways it is now. [:(]
During on travels we passed under the Rio Grande Bridge at Monument, CO as a BNSF Coal Train passed by. Time to stop for a few shots…
… and the other side of the bridge!
Next stop: Western Museum of Mining and Industry
So, let me ask those reading this trip report, do I just post the RR potion of this museum or would you like to see more about this museum?