Mike,
That was the last portion to be built on the Wyoming Lines of ther Q. The
railroad got to Thermopolis in 1922 from the north and Bonneville to the south
in 1920 there was a stage coach lines that took passengers over Birds Eye Pass
until the line was finished in 1924. The traffic through the canyon seems to
be slow but made a bet with a fellow railroader last summer about how many
trains we would see. I said none, but there were 4 seperate trains on that
day. So it depends on the traffic and needs. I model Lysite to Bonneville and
a mythical narrow gauge into the Owl Creek Mountains (the mountains that the
canyon is through). The mythical railraod is the Big Horn Southern with the
logo as the Rio Grande Southern, there really was a Big Horn Southern which was
the Toluca branch in Montana just north of Hardin that went over to Cody and
then south to Thermopolis. That was the name given by the construction Company
of course when it was done the Q assumed it and it became the CB&Q. The Q used
Cody as their enterance into Yellowstone and had a big resort in Cody that ran
the yellow tour buses into Yellowstone. At one time I owned one of the Q
buses, but sold it to the Buffalo Bill Museum where it is being restored to its
glory for display. In its heyday there were gold, silver, and copper mines in
the Owl Creek Mountains with copper being the greatest mineral. Also several
mica mines in the area. The town of DePass was the large town which is where
the largest copper mines were. But other small towns of Gold Bug, Ophir, and
Silver City. If you want more I can supply.
Harold Huber
Ultimate Research
Sheridan, WY
----- Original Message -----
From: MICHAEL PANNELL
To: colorado-railfan@yahoogroups.com ; cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:40 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Shoshoni to Thermopolis route
Hi
This may not be within the Colorado confines, but we went to Yellowstone
this weekend, and i was staggered by the fearsome looking Wind River Canyon
BNSF route to Thermopolis. Does it see much traffic or is it too expensive to
maintain ! I saw pretty extensive tunnel work going on.
Mike
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