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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.
John Meixel Channel
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