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Rick Steele on
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In 1893, the Union Pacific abruptly declared bankruptcy. This was right after the death of Jay Gould, when his Railroad Empire fell apart.
What is not well known is that there was an inventory done of all of the UP's Holdings. All of these are still in the UP archives with the exception of the Kearney and Black Hills Railroad. So... I got copies of what they had.
Jim Eherenberger contacted me and told me about them. I got some copies from him and some from the UP Museum in Omaha. Fortunately I was able to pick up many of these when I was out in Omaha with the 844 or 3985.
I have copied the ones for the UPD&G and the DL&G and posted them here as attachments for your perusal and edification. I think that you will find the property inventories interesting to say the least.
Remember that the UPD&G has the Standard Gauge Lines included in the inventory. You will find that the former "Julesburg Main" of the Union Pacific from LaSalle to Julesburg, Colorado is included in the UPD&G inventory. This line was built for the UPD&G and was supposed to connect with their line in Longmont, Colorado, of course that never happened. The Julesburg main was "swapped" for rights to use the UP main line from Greeley to Cheyenne. I think that this is because the UP had abandoned the old Colorado Central main from Fort Collins, Colorado to Hazard, Wyoming (now Wycon) in 1890 and the UPD&G needed a way to get from Greeley (where the main line UP (DP) connection was) to reach the former Cheyenne & Northern lines from Cheyenne to Orin Junction, Wyoming. You will see that no UPD&G facilities are listed in Cheyenne. This is because the UPD&G used the UP facilities there. It was not until the C&S was incorporated in 1898 that the Wooden Engine House and later Brick Roundhouse and turntable was built along with all with the support facilities like the sand tower, Coal Chutes, etc. for operating Steam Locomotives. In 1917 the C&S main line that we now know from Fort Collins to Cheyenne was built by that company after control passed to the CB&Q in 1909.
An interesting item is that the line from Georgetown to Bakerville is listed as a separate piece and not included with the rest of the Clear Creek lines. This is because the line was built by the Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railroad and not the Colorado Central.
If you look closely, you will find the 3' gauge of the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific, including Orodell, Copper Rock and all the way to Sunset. This track was later washed out, abandoned and the grade used in places to build the Colorado and North-Western Ry which extended the line at Sunset in two directions to Ward and Nederland.
Have fun with it.
Rick
UPD&G_10-1893.pdfDL&G.pdf