Georgetown, by George

[John Schapekahm]

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[John Schapekahm]

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[Rick Steele]

Nice Find John,

When I redrew the original Georgetown Yard map, you could see imprints in the map of some of the tracks listed.

The Engine House has been a matter of speculation by a few modelers who said that the Wye was too tight to handle a locomotive and that the tail track was in the Engine House. I told them in reply that back then the largest power to Georgetown were 2-6-0's  Somebody speculated that it was an "Engine House" for a mine. Why an Engine house would be located that far from the nearest mine is beyond me.

I guess that we just have to load up our cameras and hop in the time machine to settle it.

I, for one, believe that it was a Railroad Engine House and that it was built to keep those small locomotives out of the elements during the Colorado winters.

Rick