The St. Louis & Denver Railroad - The Build

[GPdemayo]

The tank was on the Highline section of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad that ran 63 miles from Como, thru Breckenridge and onto Leadville. At the time this was the most dangerous bit of track in the nation.

Thanks for the extra information, Greg.

It looks like a fun build.  We drove the million dollar highway on our trip to the USA in 2015.  We also took the train from Durango to Silverton.  This is as close as we got to the location of your water tank.  The drive from Telluride to Moab was the closest I felt to being in New Zealand on our five weeks in the US.  The most isolated part of our journey, and after five days in New York, something I craved.  Colorado is also very close in both population and area to New Zealand.

Cheers, Mark.

You're welcome Mark.

Before college, I spent half my summers in rural areas of Missouri and the other half across the Hudson in Jersey. In the early 2000's Pegi and I made over a dozen trips, mostly to Colorado, and a couple to Montana and Utah.

The area you visited is in southwest Colorado and we haven't made it there yet, but know a few who have and they really it, especially the Durango & Silverton and the Cumbres & Toltec railroads.

New York is okay, but not the place I would choose to live, too many people in such a tiny area, not to mention the cost of living is ridiculous. The west, in the Rockies, would be a great place to live, work and play.

[GPdemayo]

Hi All.....a little update:

The photos for page #5 were added back on Nov. 19 and when I went to add photos to pages #6, #7 and #8 last week, before Thanksgiving, I found that the links at the bottom of each post had the photos that were missing. They were not in the post where originally placed, but they were now viewable at the end of each post.

I clicked on one of the small photos and it zoomed up to full size. I'm not sure what the forum gurus did, but everything is back to normal. Big thanks to Jim and/or Craig.

If any of y'all have any questions, I'll get you an answer as soon as possible.

I have a few things to add to be fully caught up from the last posts of 2017 and those will post those in the coming weeks.

I am now in the process of pondering the future of the St. L&D and the direction I will travel. All will be revealed in the not to distant future.

[Keep It Rusty]

Hi All.....a little update:

The photos for page #5 were added back on Nov. 19 and when I went to add photos to pages #6, #7 and #8 last week, before Thanksgiving, I found that the links at the bottom of each post had the photos that were missing. They were not in the post where originally placed, but they were now viewable at the end of each post.

I clicked on one of the small photos and it zoomed up to full size. I'm not sure what the forum gurus did, but everything is back to normal. Big thanks to Jim and/or Craig.

If any of y'all have any questions, I'll get you an answer as soon as possible.

I have a few things to add to be fully caught up from the last posts of 2017 and those will post those in the coming weeks.

I am now in the process of pondering the future of the St. L&D and the direction I will travel. All will be revealed in the not to distant future.

I noticed a few days ago that some attachment thumbnails were not displaying for a lot of posts, so I had the forum regenerate them all. Fixed the issue straight away

[GPdemayo]

Thanks again Craig.....we all appreciate all the effort and time you and Jim are giving to the forum. 

[kyle creel]

Love the layout.  The progress is impressive.  I hope (I'm new to the forum) that I might ask a question about something  you may or may not have covered?; Are you going to paint the rails?  The track work is superb, and I've done my share of hand laid track, so I was just wondering if you were-how are you going to proceed with that task; and if not - what your reasoning is.  I'm 71- so no impertinence is intended....

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry.

[GPdemayo]

Love the layout.  The progress is impressive.  I hope (I'm new to the forum) that I might ask a question about something  you may or may not have covered?; Are you going to paint the rails?  The track work is superb, and I've done my share of hand laid track, so I was just wondering if you were-how are you going to proceed with that task; and if not - what your reasoning is.  I'm 71- so no impertinence is intended....
KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry.

Boy, you had to do a bit of digging to find this old thread Kyle.....

As you can tell by the dates, progress on the StL&D has been lacking since about 2014. A slow economy after 2006 in Florida, than covid and a bit of burnout at the earlier fast pace of layout building has brought all work on the layout to a standstill.

First, thanks for the nice comments and interest in the thread, it is greatly appreciated. Second, the answer to your question about the rail painting is yes, but..... and your question is not impertinent.

The original plan we had for this house, which we moved into in 2009, was to remodel it completely and add on a large addition that would include a layout area. What you have been looking at is a part of a larger layout that was to be started within a few years after moving into this house.

During this hiatus, I have been adding kits, locos and rolling stock to the inventory, but at a slower pace than before. Pegi and I are currently debating about what we will be able to accomplish with the house in the near future.

I will keep y'all posted and when I get some time I will add photos of things that have been added to the inventory, especially with my compulsion to acquire more steam engines.

[Philip]

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Great stuff Greg!

[Philip]

Getting sidetracked is easy with all the cool products. So how big is this new area?

Philip

[GPdemayo]

Thanks Philip. The latest layout area that I have been working on a track plan for will give me about 18' x 20', but like all the other options I have been playing with, at this point, who knows what I will wind up with. 

[ACL1504]

Well, I'll be! The layout thread rose from the dead. And, it isn't even Easter.

Tom 

[GPdemayo]

Well, I'll be! The layout thread rose from the dead. And, it isn't even Easter.

Tom

Kind of like a zombie railroad Tom.....it just won't die. 

[cuse]

Let's go Greg...you and I will raise our layouts from the dead

[GPdemayo]

Let's go Greg...you and I will raise our layouts from the dead

Wouldn't that be amazing, but I think you may beat me to the finish line on this one John.

I really have a great stash of kits that I really want to build and I have excellent intentions to get building them on a homosote base and saving till I get started on the layout.

And here it comes, BUT every time I walk into the hobby room to get to work, I get to the threshold, look in and do a 180.....the drive to get going just vanishes. 

[ACL1504]

Greg,

Hopefully the "drive to get going" will return when life settles down. You have been very busy with 1:1 work for many of the past several years.

Tom