HOL WAGNER wrote:
> You need to look for a copy of the book Denver's Railroads, by Kenton
> Forrest and Charles Albi, first published by the Colorado Railroad
> Museum in 1981 and since reprinted. The original edition has a map
> packet that includes a detailed 1936 map of Denver railroads that will
> answer your question. There are currently 42 copies listed on
> www.bookfinder.com <http://www.bookfinder.com>, beginning at $34.
>
> The answer, incidentally, its that double track extended from Denver
> Union Station to Prospect for passenger traffic, while the C&S freight
> mainline narrowed to single track over the South Platte River bridge,
> then returned to double track on into Rice Yard.
>
> Hol Wagner
>
>
> fuchst900 wrote:
> > I grew up in Northern Colorado, but didnt get to Denver very
> much. I have tried to find Prospect Jct. Videos/DVDs show C&S trains
> going past the the small building at the Jct. but did the double
> tracks go to Union Station? Did the single track leaving the double
> track go to the C&S Yard. I would like to model this but do not
> know what the track arrangment was. I have the "Colorado Road" and
> that show track layout at 7th Street Yard. How close is Prospect
> Jct to that yard? Maybe a good map from the 40's or 50" would put
> this all in perspective? Thanks , Steve Eastern Washington State
> >
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