Re: Alpine Tunnel Glass

Posted by South Park on Sep 26, 2017; 2:48pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Alpine-Tunnel-Glass-tp9540p9546.html

  Understood.  The South Park ran on D&RG track from Buena Vista
to Leadville.  By exchange, the D&RG got trackage rights from Nathrop
to Gunnison.  At least, that was the idea.  The delay in tunnel construction
put the D&RG Marshall Pass line into Gunnison first, and the whole idea
fell apart around it.

  But for the brief time the trackage rights exchange was a going concern
and the D&RG had an active access to the Alpine Pass line, just how active
were they ?

  How did a wad of typical D&RG glass end up installed IN the tunnel ?
Why was a line run through the tunnel when the South Park telegraph
went over the top ???