New-C&S Narrow Gauge Revival Book

[Kurt Maechner]

I’m happy to announce the release of a new book that I authored, Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge Revival.


As a long-time fan of rail restorations and of the C&S narrow gauge, I set out to research the backstories of each piece of saved equipment or resurrection of the railroad along the railway’s former Clear Creek Line between Denver and Silver Plume. My emphasis is on the stories of the resolute individuals who took surprising risks to save and even bring to life narrow gauge railroad history.

In addition to the C&S, you'll find lots of info of interest as the stories also connect to the Rio Grande Southern, the D&RGW, Westside Lumber, the Colorado & Northwestern, Denver Boulder and Western, the White Pass & Yukon, and Camino Cable and Northern, not to mention narrow gauge railroads in Central America.

For those who have been around Colorado narrow gauge rail preservation, you’ll also learn a good deal about giants in that realm including Bob Richardson, Ed Haley, Mac M.C. Poor, Richard Kindig, Charles Ryland, Lindsey and Rosa Ashby, and many more. Entwined in all of this are the stories of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, and the backstory of what became the Colorado Railroad Museum.

The book is now available for purchase via South Platte Press.

If you’re interested in a signed copy and/or if you’d like to learn a bit more about the book visit my book website at Southparklinebook.com

I also wanted to say thank you to so many members of this forum. Your threads and posts helped my research tremendously. Thank you also to the many here who answered questions I had and shared from your photo albums.

Kurt