Como Roundhouse Restoration - Klondike Kate Steam Locomotive

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Toy Man Television

Toy Man Television

6 жыл бұрын

Off to the Rocky Mountains to see the Como Roundhouse restoration and Klondike Kate Steam Locomotive. The beautiful 6 stall stone roundhouse in Como Colorado is being restored, as are the old hotel and depot.
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From the web:
The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad (DSPPR) reached Como in June 1879. 1881 saw construction of the Como Roundhouse, which was built by Italian stonemasons that had settled in the Como area.
The original stone section remains, preservation work was undertaken in the 1980s to the walls and roof.
The Depot was constructed in 1879 and soon after extended to its current L shape. The Depot is currently under restoration for future use as a museum.
The first Hotel on the site was the Gilman which opened for business on 1/1/1881.
The Gilman was extended in 1882/3 and then taken over by the Union Pacific's hotel division in 1885. They improved the building, rebuilding and extending it. In November 1896 the building burned to the ground.
Part of the foundations and bricks salvaged from the fire were used in building the new existing hotel. Called the South Park Hotel by the Railroad, it seems to have been known locally as the Eating House.
The last train through Como was in April 1937, the tracks were pulled up the following year.
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The Como Project is an effort to preserve and restore a segment of the old Denver South Park & Pacific railway complex in Como, Colorado. The three main railway structures in the complex are the Train Depot, Railway Hotel and Stone Roundhouse together with original bunk houses and track car sheds. This project is a joint effort of the following people and organizations.
“The Como Project” has so far establishing the limited operation of a steam locomotive and passenger car between the Como Depot and Roundhouse. However, we are also planning a possible extension towards the King Branch Wye in the future. This project also involves the South Park Rail Society's acquisitions and restoration of DSP&P and related railroad's rolling stock and equipment that will work in concert with the DSP&P Historical Society’s efforts to establish a similar collection of smaller items from these same railways in the Como Depot Museum.
The project will also explore the re-installation of a period correct machine shop or similar in the Como Roundhouse for public exhibition along with the possible reconstruction of the boiler house. Further, the project would see the construction of a replica water tank for the locomotive(s) use on the same site as the original structure that was removed from Como in the 1930s.
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@la-platadurango1618
@la-platadurango1618 6 жыл бұрын
One thing about traveling through the great state of Colorado, to see some of these wonderful places..... Plan on taking time... Not making time. There are no direct or easy routes to these wonderful sites. Plan on narrow 2 lane roads.. High mountain elevations.. windy twisty roads.. and cooler temperatures. One will be rewarded with breathtaking scenery, small out of the way towns, and history. So happy to see the past being preserved in these communities. A wonderful trip!!
@PowerTrain611
@PowerTrain611 5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like most of highway 50 in a nutshell! Don't go in winter if you plan on taking that road... it's gonna be closed at the first sign of snow.
@thegoodmilk7313
@thegoodmilk7313 3 жыл бұрын
Gosh I remember spending my 2017 summer watching my dad work on the turntable and it's pit. It felt so enchanting being in the round house. I can proudly say I helped with fundraising. I also have a scare on my knee from falling in the pit.
@carmillakarnstein691
@carmillakarnstein691 6 жыл бұрын
Wow! An Beautiful Restoration!
@ronhatch6010
@ronhatch6010 6 жыл бұрын
Remarkable job. We lived in Colorado in the late 90s and the roundhouse was just a old stone reminder out in the field. Exciting to see it restored and being loved.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
So great it was never torn down. So many things are, often for no real reason.
@JerkRice
@JerkRice 6 жыл бұрын
I will have to make point to visit Como some time. I love seeing all these little Colorado mountain towns.
@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment
@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment 2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed watching this video and seeing the Como area restoration. Thank you.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful place🚂
@ggsumner1947
@ggsumner1947 6 жыл бұрын
Dale and Karyn, another great railroad adventure. A good one Dale on the arm strong 💪 turntable. You cracked me up 😂😂. Welcome back Karyn.
@kerridillon3120
@kerridillon3120 6 жыл бұрын
Mr & Mrs Toyman _ thanks again for another fun & informative video on the train charms of the old West in Colorado! If only those rails could talk!
@johnnyjames7139
@johnnyjames7139 Жыл бұрын
My memory of Como in the 1970's was that it was the coldest place I have ever visited, and that was summer.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision Жыл бұрын
Colorado Rocky Mountain high. As in can’t breathe.
@timothyboles6457
@timothyboles6457 3 жыл бұрын
As I recall, a family owned all the property that the Como railroad buildings were on. And had done some maintenance on the buildings so they wouldn't deteriorate down to complete ruins. Glad to see what has been done. I think I know the guy running the 4 in the video. Hopefully you guys can get back there and see progress
@justindampier5108
@justindampier5108 6 жыл бұрын
Been told a well balanced table will turn easily. Wish Colorado wasn't so far from me!
@jerrysmith1929
@jerrysmith1929 6 жыл бұрын
Although I've driven by Como many times I stopped there only twice and that was quite a few years ago. On one occasion I ate lunch in a cafe which was located in the old hotel. At that time the station was without paint and appeared to be not much more than a stack of boards. So the restoration is amazing. At the time of my visits the roundhouse had no windows and restoration was not much more than a hope at that time. Nice to see all of the progress. The drive over Boreas Pass is to Breckenridge is amazing. That road is unpaved, but I made the drive in a standard sedan.
@Klingon-pp4fv
@Klingon-pp4fv 6 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to remodel my work shop to look like an abandoned RXR Station Your posting gave me some more ideas thanks TM
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
WOW. Have not seen that one. Depot, yes. (Garagemahall) Steam punk. BUT abandoned station. FUN.
@Tricky929
@Tricky929 3 жыл бұрын
Got to love your presentations. Keep them coming.
@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674
@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674 6 жыл бұрын
what an adventure thanks again for sharing up in Harrisville Michigan they have a stone Depot that the locals rebuilt when I saw it as a kid it was in really bad shape I will see if I can find photographs for you
@TrainsWow
@TrainsWow 6 жыл бұрын
Wow! The depot looks awesome!
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Right? This is turning out great!!!
@jonheller2307
@jonheller2307 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great session on Como.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful place.
@TheCrewChief374
@TheCrewChief374 6 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong, going one narrow gate convention, to narrow gate convention, if you are having fun in between! 😀
@realmagicjon
@realmagicjon 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks from Australia.I love coming home from a hard days work and watching your vids,I think you have a great narrators voice.Cheers Jon.
@drgw4883
@drgw4883 6 жыл бұрын
Yes! Thank you for this! I’ve been trying to find information on Como! I only found some old pictures of the roundhouse before the restoration.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
It's turning out great. Sort of not know well outside the people there. Needs more press!! Should turn out to be very popular.
@NicksCollectableCreations
@NicksCollectableCreations 6 жыл бұрын
So that's where that locomotive went. I had seen that outside of their shop once a couple years ago with the bare wooden cab and thought it was a pretty big project for those boys to be doing. Glad to know where it went and see it actually being put to use other than wasted as a display piece in front of a Casino. Since I am in the very early stages of an ON30 layout, perhaps Como will be a good place to model after since it might work good in my small space.
@pinchy08
@pinchy08 6 жыл бұрын
It warms my heart to see vintage railroad equipment come back to life. I would have done anything to get a ride in the cab of that restored steam locomotive. I hope the roundhouse restoration gets finished too. Lots to go on getting everything whipped back into shape. Making all look as if you stepped into the 1890s.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Dito!! So great to see this stuff going on. Como. Laws California, almost the exact same kind of project. SP narrow gauge. AND Ridgeway building a brand new locomotive!!!!!
@ATSFVentaSpurNscaler
@ATSFVentaSpurNscaler 6 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia--what a wonderful thing! Thanks, Dale and Karyn, for taking us back in history of the old Como Roundhouse and forward in time for its restoration and that of associated railroad artifacts. It's a fascinating glimpse into the past and present of this Colorado narrow-gauge heritage site. -from Tom Pilling
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
What a great off the map place... Mils away from miles away.
@tharakadamsarademattanpiti4012
@tharakadamsarademattanpiti4012 3 жыл бұрын
Lovely I wish they get more funding for a longer track.. Welldone ...
@struck2soon
@struck2soon 6 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Looks like some good progress on the roundhouse, always nice to see projects like this forging ahead.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
These guys and the guys at Laws ca. Like a race to see who can get what done first.
@PowerTrain611
@PowerTrain611 5 жыл бұрын
Been to St. Elmo, thats a neat little ghost town. Went to the top of tincup pass while I was there, Beautiful view at something like 12000 feet above sea level at the summit. Leadville is nice too, with the Leadville Colorado and Southern. Buena Vista is just up the highway a bit from my hometown of Salida, too. All of Colorado is so beautiful. Never thought I would see such views with my naked eyes!
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 5 жыл бұрын
Love what they are doing up there. And great old grades.
@carlsorensennb7c750
@carlsorensennb7c750 6 жыл бұрын
Great! Now I want to go to Como.... Thanks alot ;-)
@JDMilitaria
@JDMilitaria 6 жыл бұрын
not sure why this was on my recommended list, but im glad it was
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
We are glad too! Not sure what your usual views are but bet we have something for you here.
@jayfmiller
@jayfmiller 6 жыл бұрын
Using Google Earth one can see the ghosts of the original rail beds coming in and out of COMO. What a dream it would be to relay track for a tourist railway that would reach to a major highway.
@IowaTrainGay
@IowaTrainGay 4 жыл бұрын
The hotel I believe is open to the public now! And I see John has been putting a ton of new videos up too. Maybe time to take another trip to Como? 😉😁
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 4 жыл бұрын
Yup. Time to get back. As soon as the snow melts. So like July?
@Duececoupe
@Duececoupe 6 жыл бұрын
Great video....as always! Even though I looooove my BIG steamers....you can't beat the charm of the small....ladies....and narrow gauge! Some steam each day, to keep the doctors away....right? 😉😄 Looking forward to your next video! 👋
@QueerOkie
@QueerOkie 6 жыл бұрын
#4 was not acquired directly from the Yukon. South Park got her from Georgetown Loop who purchased her from Camp Dry Gulch USA. I assisted in her partial restoration there. (Sadly she is too big/long to run on the Dry Gulch and Silver City.) before us she stagnated in a field in El Reno, Ok having come from Wisconsin by way of Missouri. Certainly a well traveled Old Lady! Thank you for sharing this video! It was good to see her in steam again!!
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
John and Con did a great job getting her back up!!!!
@QueerOkie
@QueerOkie 6 жыл бұрын
Toy Man Television they certainly did! I’m planning a trip in the near future to go see her.
@kevp9601
@kevp9601 6 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Fun project! Good people too.
@nathancorcoran5347
@nathancorcoran5347 6 жыл бұрын
I saw # 4 in display in the museum in the Georgetown loop and film it there and now it was remove to the como roundhouse.
@nathancorcoran5347
@nathancorcoran5347 6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if was but it look great.
@johnbeck3270
@johnbeck3270 2 жыл бұрын
Dwayne Miller of Caboose Hobbies commissioned, I believe, Builders in Scale to produce a hydrocal cast kit in O scale of the Como round house. I managed to acquire one when they reduced the price on them. The kit is still in the box, I just don’t have the heart to try to assemble it because I’m afraid of breaking it. Just thought you might be interested.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen it built. Wow. It’s amazing
@dickmorris6310
@dickmorris6310 4 жыл бұрын
Your unknown piece of machinery looks like a steam drill for water wells. They had a walking beam arrangement and to raise and drop the bit repeatedly to do the drilling. It may be a Keystone. In Alaska many were used to drill holes so that steam lances could be inserted to melt the frozen ground so it could be dug for mining.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!! Good fun info
@stevemellin5806
@stevemellin5806 6 жыл бұрын
Cool thank you wow iam going thier in summer
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing place. Want to "brave" the drive to Leadville.
@williamwargo3066
@williamwargo3066 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Toy Man: One summer when I was one of the engineers on the Leadville Colorado & Southern RR in Leadville, I drove over Highway 24 from Minturn to Leadville a couple of times, a interesting road, you get to see down onto the old Rio Grande at the high Highway Bridge at the Red Cliff Bridge. Another great drive is the one on Colorado 91 going over Fremont Pass and past the Molybdenum mine at the pass top and also this follows the old narrow gauge line from Leadville to Copper Mountain and I-70, try driving it in snow and ice and the road / drive up from Buena Vista is a piece of cake, nothing to it. While in Leadville, go see Baby Does mine, and her story. She was a beautiful lady, and then keep on driving over the mountains to Molly Browns mine, of the unsinkable Molly Brown days of the Titanic. And if your still brave, drive over Independence Pass heading down into Aspen. Oh, don't forget to stop at the ghost town of Independence. Just a little remembrance.
@williamwargo3066
@williamwargo3066 6 жыл бұрын
Also Toy Man, I forgot to mention that the roundhouse in Leadville is of Colorado & Southern fame. One of the stalls, at least when I was there, had the narrow gauge inspection pit in side. Remember this line was standard gauged when the narrow gauge line was abandoned, so the Colorado & Southern still could take out all that valuable Molybdenum and bring it down to Leadville and interchange it with the D&RGW.
@kirkbobo1363
@kirkbobo1363 6 жыл бұрын
I was there on 8/19/17 operation day, so fun to see steam engine running Parrie 262 #4 Next year another operation day is planned with possible rides on train.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
That will be FUN. Looking forward to taking a RIDE.
@weeniedogwrangler7096
@weeniedogwrangler7096 6 жыл бұрын
If you haven't done so already, I highly recommend reading a book called "Goin' Railroading" by Margaret Coel, as told by Sam Speas, if you want to get a feel for what it was like in Como and on the South Park line back in the day. I'm so glad to see Como getting the attention it so richly deserves. Wish they could do as much for the Alpine tunnel engine house and the tunnel itself.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Have not been up that way. Must see!!!!
@weeniedogwrangler7096
@weeniedogwrangler7096 6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely a must see if you can get there. Unfortunately there was an avalanche at the Palisades in 2016 that took out a part of the railroad grade that serves as the road up to the western portal where the station, turntable and some track have been restored. The remains of the engine house is there as well. As far as I know the road is still closed and I haven't heard anything about it being repaired. You could access the western portal if you go over the ridge from the Chalk Canyon/east portal side but I think that requires a quad or a long hike and it's way up there at around 11,000 ft or so. I was last there in 2002 so things may have changed as far as access is concerned from the east side. Read up on the DSP&P before you go to get the full appreciation of what the people who worked the tunnel division had to go through to build and maintain the Alpine tunnel. It is a most remarkable place full of palpable history. As an aside, the road that was the old DSP&P right-of-way from Como to Boreas Pass is also a great drive. I think it goes all the way to Breckenridge but you'd have to check on that and current road conditions. When I was there the road was in very good shape but that was 15 years ago so I don't know how it is now.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
We dumped the Seabring as it was mostly dead, AND we needed something that can go over some of these milder roads. The Mustangs with racing suspension can't drive over small pebbles. So we bagged a Honda Element. Now back to the wilderness!!
@weeniedogwrangler7096
@weeniedogwrangler7096 6 жыл бұрын
I have a 2006 Element and I love it. I can get 4 bales of hay in the back when the seats are out which is great if I don't want to fire up my big truck. You can sleep in the back in a pinch, too. Their ground clearance isn't great, tho', mainly due to the cage around the fuel tank, but they're okay if you're not climbing big rocks. Mine has AWD and was great for the snow country when I lived in the Sierras. It would have gone over the DSP&P line up to Alpine tunnel if I had had it during my trip up there (had an old Jeep Cherokee beater at that time for that trip), but again I don't know what the roads are like now. Chalk Creek has a good road up to St. Elmo and I don't recall it being too bad from there up to Hancock and the east portal trail head. Again, the Element should handle that route assuming there hasn't been snow damage or the forest service hasn't kept the road up.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Same year as our "new" one. 2 wheel drive. Silver. FUN.
@Sasuri
@Sasuri 6 жыл бұрын
*_"The thing about wood is that it burns."_* *Well I'll be.*
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
And paper. And weeds. And some rocks.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Small rocks.....
@rebelbull14
@rebelbull14 6 жыл бұрын
even some liquids and gasses. what a time to be alive.
@Flyby-1000
@Flyby-1000 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome vids... I'm hooked... Man, I wish I knew about all these places of Railroad history when I was living out there back in "99-"09. I would have love to have see them. I used to drive up to Moffat Tunnel East Portal out of Rollinsville, Co. The road runs next to the UP mainline up to the 7 mile long tunnel that goes through the divide... Then I'd take the old railroad grade up to the Needle's Eye Tunnel at the Continental Divide. I never made it to the other side where it goes down to Winter Park and also where the Moffat tunnel's west portal is. I hear there's still a lot of old trestles left on that grade. It'd be neat to check it out, however, I'd suggest an SUV...like a Jeep... Wish I had the time to screw around more often, although here in Florida, there's not enough time to hunt old grades and enjoy the other activities it has to offer... Keep up the great vids...
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
We are planning a trip in the Summer. Or Fall. Or???
@kenshores9900
@kenshores9900 4 жыл бұрын
Google says you were at 9800 ft of elevation. No wonder you were gasping for air. I will have to visit Cimo. That is near the parts of Colorado we visit. Neat episode.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 4 жыл бұрын
And the pass into there was much higher. We almost got astronauts wings!
@whirlpool851
@whirlpool851 6 жыл бұрын
Klondike Kate actually came from the Klondike Mines Railway in the Yukon Territory of Northern Canada.
@RailPreserver2K
@RailPreserver2K 2 жыл бұрын
When I saw the engine was named the Klondike Kate I wondered is it a White Pass locomotive. The reason I say this is because two different railroads have some White Pass and Yukon locomotives in operation as well one is Dollywood and the other is the Tweetsie
@chrisstaylor8377
@chrisstaylor8377 3 жыл бұрын
Spend a lot of time in colorado big fan of South Park area ,Chris’s New Zealand
@nathancorcoran5347
@nathancorcoran5347 6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that maybe Colorado & southern # 71 will run on the railroad in como with engine # 4.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Would love to see that!! But Central City will never let it leave. Geeeez people. If you love something set it free!
@ericnilson4900
@ericnilson4900 4 жыл бұрын
Ordered my shirt yesterday.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 4 жыл бұрын
Cool!!!!
@Brianrockrailfan
@Brianrockrailfan 6 жыл бұрын
they maybe be building up to boreas pass,co! and than to maybe to breckenridge,co? also will a c&s steam loco be coming to como,co soon ?
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
71 is being rebuilt. Hum............. And the one from the Grorgetown, could it ever run again.... ??? Lets hope!!
@kupferbergbahn7952
@kupferbergbahn7952 6 жыл бұрын
That railroad looks so cool! Will they run passenger trains? Also you could build replicas of to original engines, a narrow gauge railway here in Britain has done that. I want to see this railroad now, their going to do so well!!
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
YES! They have an open gon we didn't show. Plan is to take people from the hotel - depot to the roundhouse, through the yards and back to the hotel. IF they can pull it off, a few miles up the grade is a wye. And take people up the line miles to there. WOW.
@cozephyr
@cozephyr 6 жыл бұрын
The good doctor and his wife Kathy have plans for more track. They own the ranch land where the original grade to Denver lays dormant. 2018 will be an interesting year for track building and possible water tank reconstruction.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Need to follow that!!!
@mikey117us
@mikey117us 6 жыл бұрын
For those interested you can follow ComoDepot ON Facebook, and DSP&P historical society, for fun I also follow the C&S historical society. 2017 closed out well in Como with a great PR gift from the former C&S Lyons sub now BNSF owned, of 240 ties and a donation of more switch ties for the 2018 expansion, including yard and facilities track to store cars and makeup trains for departure. Also in the works in 2018, rebuilding 1 of the two water tanks that served Como. ( east end as the west end tank wasn't in use anyway in the decade(s) prior to abandonment ) also the extension passed the Hotel to at least the Former Wye of the Kings mines Branch. ( this means inroads to Kenosha Pass via Jefferson with a ^ crossing the highway obstacle (s) and a realignment of the mainline to accommodate bridge(s) two legs of the original Kenosha wye are intact ) they have acquired through generous donations to these non profit organizations mentioned above, two former D&RGW narrow gauge cars, one flat for MOW work hauling rail and tie, and a high side gondola to be converted into an open air car. They are in negotiations for passenger cars. Of the three directions possible passed the Kings eye are really still to be decided. C&S always had a power crunch and that is the remains of the day. Klondike Kate a 1918 Baldwin industrial Locomotive and light in the tractive effort would be overwhelmed with the South Parks ROW. West to Garos junction and the Fairplay/ Alma Branch serving The London Mines is a 1.8-2.2% climb up Red Hill. Boreas Pass and Kenosha are up to 4% grade and helper territory. The only glimmer is the C&S historical society bid to restore #60 Rhode Island Locomotive works on display to operating condition. A plan approved by town council to be done offsite by donations with the idea of storing it on display in late fall winter, and it being a traveling operational exhibit in rail tourism months and earn its own living. So Georgetown Loop, Como, D&S C&TS. There are Even longer term plans for the years ahead and of course discussion. Ideally the C&S Cooke #9 having a new set of Cylinders Made and an extensive Boiler off Frame cylinder replacement done. C&S #9 seems to be on display out of shame rather than the original idea. A lot of money was spent on her for a very brief return to operations.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
We are heading back up there as soon as the mud returns to land. What a great place. This time we are hunting old grades....
@paintertrainproductions2355
@paintertrainproductions2355 6 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Never knew about this place until now. Looks really cool. Is the track going to be replaced in the original spots, or are they laying track where the original never went? Hope the question makes sense lol
@timbain5235
@timbain5235 6 жыл бұрын
This question makes total sense. Our plan is to replicate the layout of the original yard as close as possible. There is a map of the plan on our website at www.southparkrail.com A few small changes will need to be made since the new road cuts right through the south end of the yard and we do not plan on rebuilding the north yard that was on the line to Boreas Pass north of the hotel. But we will try to keep everything around the roundhouse and towards the depot as true as possible to the original.
@paintertrainproductions2355
@paintertrainproductions2355 6 жыл бұрын
Tim Bain thanks for the info! Can't wait to see what is to come
@Brianrockrailfan
@Brianrockrailfan 6 жыл бұрын
can you go to Rotary Snowplow Park at 123 Boreas Pass Rd, Breckenridge, CO also there is Breckenridge Locomotive No. 111 there go there same day soon ?
@DRGW485
@DRGW485 6 жыл бұрын
Brian Castle ROCK RXR 9 - locomotive #111 is now operating at The Georgetown Loop Railroad and C&S #9 is now in the Park.
@DRGW485
@DRGW485 6 жыл бұрын
Brian Castle ROCK RXR 9 - locomotive #111 is now operating at The Georgetown Loop Railroad and C&S #9 is now in the Park.
@DillonTrinhProductions
@DillonTrinhProductions 6 жыл бұрын
what about cripple creek and victor's narrow gauge?
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Cool place! We didn't get down there this trip, planing that next spring. 2 foot gauge. Go the the Royal George at the same time.
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 6 жыл бұрын
There's only one C&S locomotive left Colorado & Southern Railroad 2-6-0 Mogul #9 for a short while it operated on the Georgetown Loop Railroad it's now on stag display in a town I do not know and of course you have Denver and South Park Pacific railroad #191 which is on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
#9 is in Breckenridge I think. But there are 4 more. None run, but #9 may run again and 71 will run again! The other 2 are in Golden. Sure like to see #9, or #71 on this line.
@DRGW485
@DRGW485 6 жыл бұрын
#9 is in Breckinridge and C&S #60 is in Idaho Springs which is also being seriously considered for restoration by a group there.
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Love to see 60 back... A fixture in narrow gauge history.
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 6 жыл бұрын
DRGW485 is engine 60 a 2-8-0?
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Yup Take a look at 1:30 in the show.
@JamesWillmus
@JamesWillmus 6 жыл бұрын
My God, Como is back from the brink. Anyone remember when the whole town was almost gone?
@cozephyr
@cozephyr 6 жыл бұрын
The store & liquor store next to the Como Depot are vacant and up for sale. Como only has a few year round residents. Thanks to Dave Tomkins for his herculean efforts in restoring the Como Depot. Dave operates the Como Hotel on a limited basis.
@Brianrockrailfan
@Brianrockrailfan 6 жыл бұрын
where that #4 come from was Klondike in Canada
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Yup. A mine up there. Bet is glad to get out of the cold. At lest where summers are longer than one afternoon...
@cozephyr
@cozephyr 6 жыл бұрын
Klondike Mines Railway operated only for a few years in the Yukon Territory.
@crystalrock18
@crystalrock18 6 жыл бұрын
Do the folks out there have in mind of laying down track on the original main line at all? Or is that either plans for the future or not at all?
@DRGW485
@DRGW485 6 жыл бұрын
crystalrock18 - Some track is technically being laid on the mainline in the yard area and there are hopes that something can be done in the future to run track to the east toward Denver but that will be after the yard is completed.
@rebelbull14
@rebelbull14 6 жыл бұрын
one of these days I'm going to find a way to sneak in and put an 11 on the cab and EBT on the tender.
@redbuzzardbass
@redbuzzardbass 6 жыл бұрын
South Park Colorado, that sounds sort of familiar.
@thatonetraindoge
@thatonetraindoge 6 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think C&S 9 is a former South Park 2-6-0
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Not sure, but that would make sense.
@r.c.r.rproductions8462
@r.c.r.rproductions8462 5 жыл бұрын
that jefforson depo is built by the same people who built the deforest depo
@Chase_TRAINZ
@Chase_TRAINZ 4 жыл бұрын
Go to Strasburg please!
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 4 жыл бұрын
We were planning to last fall. But stuff came up so we thought we would go this fall. Gee. Covid shot that down. 2021?
@Chase_TRAINZ
@Chase_TRAINZ 4 жыл бұрын
Toy Man Television ok thanks for responding
@cowboyvalley
@cowboyvalley 6 жыл бұрын
French for noun 1. (= public garden) parc
@PlaneBoy2520
@PlaneBoy2520 6 жыл бұрын
Here’s the track plans for como this year! www.southparkrail.com/the-como-project
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
We need to get on back there!!!!!!! SOON!!!
@PlaneBoy2520
@PlaneBoy2520 6 жыл бұрын
Toy Man Television take me with you! XD
@ezbrony9050
@ezbrony9050 6 жыл бұрын
I know we’re thay can find a nother steam train at Quaker square it’s a narrow gage tank engine Akron u will send it to the scrap yard
@bobross4449
@bobross4449 3 жыл бұрын
welp wasatch is in trouble turn out they were not riviting the boiler but using screws and making them look like they were rivited
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 3 жыл бұрын
That’s not just exactly what went wrong but yes they’ve been sued for over $700,000! I really hate to see that sort of thing.
@granskare
@granskare 6 жыл бұрын
if you are at elevation, drink a lot of water :) and this is Como, COLORADO :)
@ToyManTelevision
@ToyManTelevision 6 жыл бұрын
Usually I like a good cocktail. Or a beer. However, at 10,000 feet and above, water is like God food. As a kid I spent a summer on a ranch in the Tetons. Wow. But boy was I sick for the first 2 weeks.
@ezbrony9050
@ezbrony9050 6 жыл бұрын
It needs a rebuild badly thay could use it for day out with thomas
@ezbrony9050
@ezbrony9050 6 жыл бұрын
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