Train Time in Boulder on the HO Scale Colorado & Southern Ry - Ep 6

It's June 1958, and America still travels by train. And Train No. 30, the southbound Shoshone, is the premier passenger train on the Northern Division. Before it reaches its terminal in Denver, it has a final station stop in Boulder Colorado.
A small college town of about 30,000, Boulder springs to life when No. 30 arrives. Enjoy the action in and around the downtown Boulder Depot as passengers prepare for their journeys, or scramble to catch the train.
The Boulder Depot is the final project on the Colorado & Southern Northern Division. Its installation on June 10, 2024 completed the layout. Construction of the Colorado & Southern Northern Division began in May 1991.
In 1958, the Colorado & Southern Railway used time tables, train orders, and operating rules to move trains up and down the Colorado Front Range. The operating crew of the C&S Ry Northern Division model railroad replicates this system on the layout. This is a sample of their efforts.
See the C&S Northern Division website for track diagrams, photos, and more: csrailway.com/
0:00 Intro
0:47 Sleepy Boulder
1:00 Boulder Depot Passengers
1:40 No. 30 Thru Ara
2:04 No. 30 Arrives
2:26 Picking Up the Mail Car
3:16 No. 30 Departs
3:51 Boulder Back to Routine
4:17 Epilog
4:36 Credits

[@tczephyr3665]

Nothing better than Burlington E units. Nicely done

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you! And just a bit of weathering makes them perfect. :-)

[@joenewstead4848]

Yay he's back!!!! Been excited for when a new video would show up 😊

[@CSRYfan]

Yah, a bit of a hiatus while finishing the Boulder Depot. Glad you are enjoying the series!

[@MP-oh5eo]

Congratulations for completing your railroad ! (from one who has never completed any 😁)

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you! It does take a long time... for me anyway.

[@tracynation2820]

Super. I was too late to see the C&S passenger service, but I watched the EMD SD-7 and SD-9 locomotives (Blackbird and Chinese Red CB&Q "Burlington, Way of the Zephyrs, and Everywhere West" paint with a little "C&S" on the cab sides) pulling local freights through Berthoud, Colorado, (North of Niwot, which has an old wood C&S cupola caboose) and sometimes leading an SD-45, two U-boats and another SD-9 with 100 covered hoppers or four bay coal hoppers in tow. P.S. Model railroads aren't finished, they are a way of life. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. (D&RGW meets C&S meets GW of Colorado.) 💙 T.E.N.

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I know Berthoud well -- next town north of Longmont. Just a bit too far for my basement. :-)

[@louisadler1215]

In picking up the mail car in Shoshone, the engineer did not come to complete stop before changing direction during coupling. No time to connect air hoses. Good thing the transmission held up. Otherwise, nice video cleverly done. Congrats!

[@CSRYfan]

Actually, that was a "cross-dissolve" between clips to imply elapsed time and keep the video crisp. I inadvertently made the cut between clips so that the first mail car was superimposed on itself, which made it look like the engineer did not stop. That was an error on my part. There were actually minutes between the clips as that pick-up was a bit down the track. You can see its position in the scene when the Shoshone arrives and passes the station. So the engine and first mail car had to "go deep" to get it. I'll get better at this!

[@peterperkins2624]

The audio really adds to the video. I bet that took some time to do. Excellent!!

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you Peter!

[@mapruitt]

Always enjoy your videos. Congratulations on finishing the layout! Hope you'll keep making videos!

[@CSRYfan]

That's the plan! And thank you for your support!!

[@LMR78]

Great video! Also, is the track in boulder dual gauge or just a derail guard rail?

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you! That is dual gauge... standard and 3-foot narrow. The switches in Boulder are hand-laid. Fourteen switches and 28 frogs. Some switches have one frog, others two, and others have three!

[@LMR78]

@@CSRYfan will we ever see any narrow gauge action?

[@CSRYfan]

I hope to have some NG action in the future.