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Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: July 4, 2012
Caption:
Local area map of the High Line Route with historical photographs. | Additional Description: Left: C&S No. 63 rounding "Hookey Curve" east of Breckenridge in 1900.
Middle left: The engineer, brakeman, and fireman standing next to Denver, Leadville & Gunnison No. 205 at Rocky Point in 1895.
Middle Right: DSP&P No. 10 taking water at the original Baker's Tank.
Right: Looking south through one of the snowsheds covering the tracks at Boreas Pass.
Map: Denver, South Park and Pacific route from Boreas Pass on Breckenridge. From Boreas Pass to Breckenridge, a distance of six and one-half miles, men laid slightly over 11 miles of track.
Photos courtesy of the Salida Museum (left), Dr. Clinton H Scott, Ed and Nancy Bathke collection (middle left), Bill Eloe collection (middle right), and Maureen Nicholls (right).
Map drawn by E. J. Haley, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club.
Submitted: January 3, 2013, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p230413
File Size: 2.223 Megabytes
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