Re: Alpine Tunnel Glass

Posted by South Park on Sep 27, 2017; 6:35am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Alpine-Tunnel-Glass-tp9540p9551.html

  As set up by Jay Gould, the Joint Use Agreement provided for the D&RG to
swing up the Arkansas to Leadville, the South Park to continue SW to the Gunnison
country, each allowing trackage rights into those areas to the other.  At the time
of conception, Gould held the cards to both RR's.  But Palmer wiggled out of it
and sensing being trapped into a business limiting situation, built his own line
over Marshall Pass after buying out Otto Mears' stage road rights.  As a result,
the whole thing collapsed and we know the results.

  Flying in the face of the logic of the above is a wad of pre-1884 vintage D&RG
glass nailed up inside the Alpine Tunnel.  It is some weird forensic clue of something
odd that happened in the very early days of the South Park's Gunnison line.  Looking
for other known intel that might explain or show a pattern.