1973 C&S News 2 - Veteran South Park railroaders visit Alpine Tunnel, early work on the Georgetown Loop

[Kurt Maechner]

I looked through the archive of the Rocky Mountain Rail Report, the newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club and put a post together with some more miscellaneous South Park Line/C&Sng news from the 1973 editions including:

Alpine Tunnel Days
Imagine being able to visit the west portal of Alpine Tunnel with railroaders who worked the line and hear their stories.  That's what happened in 1973.

Early work on the Georgetown Loop
For the first time since 1939 a steam locomotive is fired up in Silver Plume.  Also, the first bridges and trackwork are put in place.

The DB&W Boulder depot is moved
The railroad that once owned C&S 74, 75, & 76 had a beautiful stone depot.  In '73 the depot was moved.

Enjoy!
Kurt

No. 44, the first steam engine on the resurrected Loop line (on display in 1992 with yours truly hanging off the side)

[Kurt Maechner]

This RM Rail Report says that "sections of the original rail from the west portal" were given away here.  Does anyone know where this rail came from?  The snowshed still sat on rails, but those weren't cleared out until much later (early 2000s?).  Much of the remaining mile of track from the tunnel that was left after the 1923/1924 scrapping was also gone by this point to my knowledge.
Kurt