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eDDie-TK In reply to digitalHD [2013-01-23 12:56:05 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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eDDie-TK In reply to caterpillargirl1984 [2011-03-14 10:50:32 +0000 UTC]

that's what turned the locomotives - that way if it went into the shop (the roundhouse) to be worked on then they could back it out - then turn it around so it was facing the right way when it went back on the main line.
so there was one line that went in - they could turn the train to go into one of the bays.....and this is a narrow gauge - which was used a lot in colorado
this line went between como and breckenridge colorado over boreas pass

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eDDie-TK In reply to caterpillargirl1984 [2011-03-14 02:59:43 +0000 UTC]

weird ?
why ?
at one time they were located all over the country - now just a handful exist.

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caterpillargirl1984 In reply to eDDie-TK [2011-03-14 03:06:42 +0000 UTC]

be cause i have never seen

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eDDie-TK In reply to caterpillargirl1984 [2011-03-14 04:07:21 +0000 UTC]

oh !
they where any easy way to turn trains (locomotives) in the old days
now they have things called wyes (a triangular jct) and side tracks.....
cheyenne wy has a sweet one with a bunch of old equip around it.

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eDDie-TK In reply to Hobgoblin666 [2010-11-20 20:45:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks.
it's a cool little town for sure.
but the wildest thing about it is the cemetery ! it's in a huge aspen grove, pretty wild !
it's still in use (recent) burials - but to dig the graves has to be a task - there has to be a bunch of roots from all the trees !
and there's no way anyone's gonna get a back-hoe in there......
you could probably see it on google earth - it's north of town on the road over boreas pass.

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eDDie-TK In reply to Aconitum-Napellus [2010-11-14 22:48:24 +0000 UTC]

yeah !
well at least they (the RR) didn't tear it down !
and thanks

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eDDie-TK In reply to djohn9 [2010-09-27 23:30:19 +0000 UTC]

it's a cool little town
when you go - go to the mountain man gallery and talk to the lady in there about the como cemtery - very interesting stuff.
the cemetery is in a grove of aspens and i have no clue how they bury people - cause there are some recent burials - i wonder how they dig the holes cause there's no way you gonna get a back-hoe in there - plus if they dig them by hand the roots they have to go thru ???
it's a def next fall for me.

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eDDie-TK In reply to Transportphotos [2010-09-22 03:48:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks
i'm not to sure about the history - the lady (ricki) the runs the "Mountain Man Gallery" there in Como is full of info ! www.mountainmangallery.com
but it's one a few roundhouses left in the country - they open it up - i think the first week-end in aug or around there.
there use to be more of the roundhouse, but it burned down in the 1935
como's a cool mining/RR town - real friedly - but small.
oh ! it was narrow gauge.

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Transportphotos In reply to eDDie-TK [2010-09-22 05:13:34 +0000 UTC]

I noticed it was narrow gauge. Very cool place.

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eDDie-TK In reply to Transportphotos [2010-09-22 10:42:26 +0000 UTC]

well worth a return trip !

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eDDie-TK In reply to seekanddestroy1 [2010-09-22 03:48:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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seekanddestroy1 In reply to eDDie-TK [2010-09-22 18:27:15 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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eDDie-TK In reply to TitanicExpert [2010-09-22 03:49:43 +0000 UTC]

yeah - the town has really kept it up - not to many left

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