Friends of the Q: That the CB&Q planned to build further west is not too surprising. Every railroad that looked to protect itself planned to build further west. But from a June 16, 1890 edition of th
Chuck On the subject of the CB&Q's westward expansion, I found the following notes published in Railroad Gazette 1887 "A statement - which has been denied by the road's representatives ? has been mad
The Q did indeed survey a line all the way from Denver west to San Francisco in 1883-87 before calling an end to its plans for further westward expansion at that time. Initially, looking for sources
On Dec 28, 2011, at 3:38 PM, Rupert & Maureen wrote: Chuck On the subject of the CB&Q's westward expansion, I found the following notes published in Railroad Gazette 1887 "A statement - which has bee
All, I hate to dig this thread up but I wanted to revisit this thread considering I took down my layout this fall and have always been interested in mountain railroading. Would anyone want to specula
Tristan I don’t know about Pueblo and Cheyenne but there was an article in Zephyr 68 on the various rumours of expansion westwards. One such rumour, referred to in the article, was in May 1885
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Tristan I dont know about Pueblo and Cheyenne but there was an article in Zephyr 68 on the various rumours of expansion westwards. One such rumour, referred to in the article, was in May 1885 - A Pr
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All, Thanks for the replies. I think this is a good starting point to plot a feasible route. Downside of modeling mountain railroading is the lack of online industries. Tristan _._,_._,_ Groups.io Li