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Colorado State Map

Class I Railroads

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe

Boise City OK to Las Animas CO
Built by AT&SF 1937

La Junta CO to CO/NM State Line
96.19 miles
Built by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 1878
to Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry 1-19-1900

West Avondale CO to Pueblo CO
Construction started by Pueblo & Salt Lake RR 1874
completed by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 1876
to Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry 1-19-1900

Granada CO to West Las Animas CO
54.62 miles
Built by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 1875
to Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry 1-19-1900

CO/KS State Line to Granada CO
10.83 miles
Built by Colorado & New Mexico RR 1873
to Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 9-29-1875

Jointly operated with SP

Pueblo CO to Denver CO
Built by Denver & Santa Fe Ry 1887

West Las Animas CO to Boone CO
Construction started by Pueblo & Salt Lake RR 1874
completed by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 1876

Pueblo CO to Rockvale CO
Built by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 1878-80
Pueblo to Portland out of service 1921 removed 1927
Portland to Florence removed 1947

Clelland (Florence) to Canon City CO
Built by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 1888
removed 1947

Canon City to Canon Wolf Park Mine
ca1908-1934
track removed 1942
relaid by 1999?

Prospect Heights spur

Brookside CO spur

Rockvale to Corley Mine
"Kenwood Extension"
Built 1887
removed ca1965

Mine spur

Coal Creek Mine Branch

Swink CO to Shelton Jct
Built by Holly & Swink Ry 1906

Shelton CO to Bristol
Built by AT&SF 1906-08

Holly CO to Bristol CO
Built by Holly & Swink Ry 1906

Lamar CO to Kessee CO
Built by Arkansas Valley RR 1906-07

Kornman to May Valley CO

Wiley CO to Big Bend CO

Las Animas CO to Waveland CO
Built by AT&SF 1906-08

Rocky Ford CO to Shelton CO
Built by Arkansas Valley RR 1906
Rocky Ford to Fenton abandonment approved 1-1-1916
Shelton to Fenton abandonment approved 9-25-1931
route approximate Rocky Ford to Fenton

CO/KS State Line to Springfield CO
Built by Dodge City & Cimmaron Valley Ry 1922-?
leased by AT&SF 5-16-1923

Springfield CO to Pritchett CO

Castle Rock Quarry Spur

La Junta CO airport spur

Newdale CO to Hawley CO

Boone CO to West Avondale CO
Construction started by Pueblo & Salt Lake RR 1874
completed by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR 1876
abandoned

Chicago Burlington & Quincy

Colorado & Southern

Union Pacific Denver & Gulf RR

Denver to Louisville Jct
Built by Denver Western & Pacific Ry 1881
to Denver Marshall & Boulder Ry 9-9-1885
to Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry 4-1-1890
to Colorado & Southern Ry 12-29-1898

Denver Texas & Fort Worth RR

Trinidad CO to TX/NM State Line
Built by Denver Texas & Fort Worth RR 1888
to Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry 4-1-1890
to Colorado & Southern Ry 12-29-1898
to CB&Q
to BN
to BNSF

Trinidad abandoned
Built by Denver Texas & Fort Worth RR 1888
to Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry 4-1-1890
to Colorado & Southern Ry 12-29-1898

Forbes Jct to Ludlow CO
Built by Denver Texas & Fort Worth RR 1888
to CB&Q
to BN
to BNSF

Pueblo trackage

Denver to Gulf Jct (Pueblo)
Built by Denver & New Orleans RR 1881-82
to Denver Texas & Fort Worth RR 9-21-1886

Franceville Jct to Franceville
Built by Denver & New Orleans RR 1882
to Denver Texas & Fort Worth RR 9-21-1886
abandoned 1915

McFerren Mine spur

Manitou Jct to Colorado Springs
Built by Denver & New Orleans RR 1882
to Denver Texas & Fort Worth RR 9-21-1886
abandoned
route approximate

Forbes Jct to Trinidad CO
Built by Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry 1895
to CB&Q
to BN
to BNSF

Acme Jct to Ludlow CO
Built by Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry 1892

Walsenburg to Acme Jct
Built by Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry 1895

Graymont to Georgetown CO
Built by Georgetown Breckenridge & Leadville Ry 1882 as 36" gauge

Colorado Central RR

Denver to Golden CO
Built by Colorado Central RR 1870 as 36" gauge

Denver toGolden abandoned
Built by Colorado Central RR 1870 as 36" gauge

Golden Jct to Burns
Built by Colorado Central RR 1872
removed 1888
route approximate

Burns Jct to Longmont CO
Built by Colorado Central RR 1872

Longmont CO to Fort Collins
Built by Colorado Central RR 1877

Fort Collins to CO/WY State Line
abandoned 1889
route uncertain

Golden CO to Forks Creek
Built by Colorado Central RR 1870 as 36" gauge

Forks Creek CO to Black Hawk
abandoned 1931

Floyd Hill to Georgetown CO
exact route uncertain

Floyds Hill to Forks Creek

Black Hawk to Central City CO

Golden to Ralston
route approximate

Chicosa Jct to Forbes
Built by Chicosa Canyon Ry 1889

Majestic mine spur

Forbes Jct wye

Thor spur

Ludlow mine spur

Ludlow to Tollerburg
graded by Road Canyon Ry 1889

Acme Jct to Aguilar

Aguilar to Brodhead
Built by Colorado & Southern Ry ca1900

Higgins to Jewell Mine

Rapson spur

Rugby spur

Black Diamond Mine spur

Untitled Path

Old Rouse spur

mine spur

Globe Mine spur

Beshoar to Grey Creek
abandoned 1925-27

mine spur?

Trinidad to Martinsen

Louisville Jct to Boulder
Built by Denver Marshall & Boulder Ry 1888
Superior to Boulder removed 1932-38
Louisville Jct to Superior abandoned 1947

Louisville to Lafayette
Built by Denver Marshall & Boulder Ry 1888

Ralston to Glencoe
Built by Denver & Middle Park RR 1884

Loveland to Arkins
Built by Greeley Salt Lake & Pacific Ry 1886
part abandoned 1921

Lowery Quarry Spur

Greeley to Fort Collins
Built by Greeley Salt Lake & Pacific Ry 1886

Fort Collins to Stout
Built by Greeley Salt Lake & Pacific Ry 1886
Stout to Bellevue abandoned 1909
rest removed 1990's?

Boulder to Sunset
Built by Greeley Salt Lake & Pacific Ry 1881 as 36" gauge
washed out 1894

Louisville to Alan Bond Mine
1883-1902

Colorado RR

Walsenburg to Southern Jct (Pueblo)
Built by Colorado RR 1900
leased to Colorado & Southern Ry

Dixon CO to Cheyenne Jct WY
Built by Colorado RR 1910
leased to Colorado & Southern Ry
to Colorado & Southern Ry 1930

Fort Collins to Wellington
Built by Fort Collins Development Ry 1903
to Colorado RR 1-24-1908
to Colorado & Southern Ry 1930

Dixon to Wellington
Built by Fort Collins Development Ry 1904-06
to Colorado RR 1-24-1908
to Colorado & Southern Ry 1930

Wellington to Waverly
Built by Fort Collins Development Ry 1905
to Colorado RR 1-24-1908
abandoned

Walsenburg to McNally Mine
Built by Walsenburg & Western Ry 1907

Waterton to Silica
Built by Colorado RR in 1908 as 36" gauge

Black Hollow Jct to Black Hollow
Built by Colorado RR 1906

Bellevue Jct to Ingleside

Denver Leadville & Gunnison Ry

Denver South Park & Pacific RR

Sheridan to Morrison
Built by Denver South Park & Pacific RR 1874 as 36" gauge
to Denver Leadville & Gunnison Ry 8-29-1889

Denver to Sheridan
Built by Denver South Park & Pacific RR 1874 as 36" gauge
to Denver Leadville & Gunnison Ry 8-29-1889

Buena Vista to Sheridan
Built by Denver South Park & Pacific RR 1878-83 as 36" gauge

Leadville to Climax
Built by Denver South Park & Pacific RR 1883-84 as 36" gauge
to Denver Leadville & Gunnison Ry 8-29-1889
to standard gauge 1942

Climax to Dickey
Built by Denver South Park & Pacific RR 1883-84 as 36" gauge

Keystone to Como

Garo to Alma

Macune to Nathrop
Built by Denver South Park & Pacific RR 1884 as 36" gauge

Nathrop to Quartz
Alpine Tunnel abandoned 1910
Buena Vista to Hancock abandoned 1926

Parlin to Quartz
to D&RG after 1910

Parlin to Gunnison

Gunnison to Baldwin
operated by D&RG after Alpine Tunnel closed in 1911
to D&RGW 1937

Como to King Coal Mines

Kubler Spur

Hill Top Jct to Leavick
Built by Denver South Park & Hilltop Ry 1896

South Platte to Night Hawk
Built by Colorado & Southern Ry 1902 as 36" gauge

Leadville Mineral Belt
Built by Leadville Mineral Belt Ry 1898

NE/CO State Line to Denver CO
Built by Burlington & Colorado RR 1881-82

Denver Utah & Pacific RR

Utah Jct to Longmont
Built by Denver Utah & Pacific RR 1880-81 as 36" gauge
abandoned ca1889-90

Burns Jct to Lafayette
Denver Utah & Pacific standard gauge
to CB&Q 1908

Lafayette to Longmont
Built by Denver Utah & Pacific RR 1889 standard gauge

Lafayette old line

Centennial Mine spur

Gladstone Mine spur

Columbia Mine spur

Longmont to Lyons
Built by Denver Utah & Pacific RR 1885

Towers Jct to Towers
Built by Denver Utah & Pacific RR 1887
to standard gauge 1890
to Stone Mountain RR & Quarry Co 1895
to Noland Land & Transfer Co

Lyons to quarry

Tampa to Sloan

Union CO to Brush Jct
Built by Denver & Montana RR 1900
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR 2-15-1908

Union CO to Sterling
CB&Q trackage rights on UP

Sterling CO to CO/NE State Line
Built by Denver & Montana RR 1900
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR 2-15-1908

Holyoke CO to CO/NE State Line

Holyoke CO to Sterling CO
Built by Colorado & Wyoming RR 1887
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR 2-15-1908

Sterling CO to CO/WY State Line
Built by Colorado & Wyoming RR 1887

Chicago Rock Island & Pacific

Rock Island Routes

Horton KS to Colorado Springs CO
Built by Chicago Kansas & Nebraska Ry 1883

Limon CO to Strasburg CO
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry trackage rights on Union Pacific

Denver CO to Strasburg CO
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry trackage rights on Union Pacific

Sandown to Belt Jct
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry

Colorado & Wyoming RR

Southern Division

Jansen existing track

Jansen to Tercio CO
Built by Colorado & Wyoming RR 1902
Weston to Tercio abandoned 1951-52

Tercio to Cuatro CO
abandoned 190?

Tercio spur

Tercio wye

Weston CO to Allen Mine
Built by Colorado & Wyoming RR 1951-52

Primero Jct to Primero CO
Built by Colorado & Wyoming RR 1900-01

Primero spur

Valdez spur

Piedmont Branch
Built by Colorado & Wyoming Ry 1902
approximate location

New route
Built when lake created

Colorado Midland

Leadville to Glenwood Springs
Built by Colorado Midland Ry 1887
route through Leadville uncertain

Divide to Leadville
Built by Colorado Midland Ry 1886-87

Divide to Colorado Springs
Built by Colorado Midland Ry 1886-87
to Midland Terminal Ry 1919

Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel
Completed 1893

Basalt to Aspen
Built by Colorado Midland Ry 1887

Cardiff to Union Mine
"Spring Gulch Branch"
Built by Colorado Midland Ry 1889

New Castle to Glenwood Springs
D&RGW relaid on grade Glenwood to 7.5 miles west in 1967

Aspen Short Line Ry
owned by Colorado Midland Ry

Leadville branch

Denver & Rio Grande Western

Rifle Creek to Grand Junction CO
Built by Rio Grande Junction Ry 1889-90
leased to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR

Crestone Jct to Cottonwood CO
Built by Rio Grande Sangre de Cristo RR 1901
to Denver & Rio Grande RR 8-1-1908
see http://www.drgw.net/info/CrestoneBranch

Texas Creek to Westcliffe CO
Built by Rio Grande RR 1901
to Denver & Rio Grande RR 8-1-1908
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 7-11-1921

Delta CO to Somerset CO
Built by Rio Grande RR 1902
to Denver & Rio Grande RR 8-1-1908
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 7-11-1921

Pagosa Jct to Pagosa Springs, CO
Built by Rio Grande Pagosa & Northern RR 1900 as 36" gauge
controlled by Pagosa Lumber Co.
see http://www.drgw.net/info/PagosaBranch

Durango to Chama
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1881 as 36" gauge
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 7-11-1921

Denver CO to Florence CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1871-72

Espanola NM to Antonito CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1880

Antonito CO to Alamosa CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1880

Alamosa to Wagon Wheel Gap CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1883

Wagon Wheel Gap CO to Creede CO
Built by Rio Grande Gunnison Ry 1891

Creede to North Creede CO
Built by Rio Grande Gunnison Ry 1891

Alamosa wye

Alamosa CO to Villa Grove CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1890

Alamosa CO to Garland CO

La Veta CO to Garland CO

La Veta Pass New Route
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1899

Reliance Branch
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
abandoned 1899 when new route built
relaid 1912 as standard gauge

LaVeta Pass old route
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
to standard gauge 1899

La Veta Pass old route
abandoned 1899 when new route built

Walsenburg to La Veta
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1876-7? as 36" gauge

Walsenburg CO to Cuchara Jct
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1876-77? as 36" gauge

Cuchara Jct to El Moro CO
3rd rail added 1888

Lascar CO to Cuchara Jct
3rd rail added 1888

Pueblo CO to Lascar CO
3rd rail added 1888
abandoned 1924-25

Florence CO to Canon City CO

Canon City CO to Texas Creek CO
Built by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR (AT&SF) as 36" gauge
to Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1880

Texas Creek CO to Salida CO

Salida CO to Leadville CO

Malta CO to Rock Creek CO

Glenwood Springs CO to Rock Creek (Minturn)
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1887

Rifle to Glenwood Springs CO

Glenwood Springs west old alignment
realigned on Colorado Midland grade

Grand Jct to CO/UT State Line

Grand Jct to Montrose CO

Ridgway CO to Ouray CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1887 as 36" gauge

Ridgway CO to Montrose CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1887 as 36" gauge

Gunnison CO to Montrose CO
abandoned 1949-53

Salida to Gunnison CO

Villa Grove to Orient CO

Mears Jct to Villa Grove

Chama NM to Antonito CO

Antonito spur

Durango CO to Silverton CO

SL&E / UC / RGW connection
Connection after 1900 to access Sugar House spurs from line to Roper
Built by Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Ry 1887 as 36" gauge
to Utah Central RR 1-3-1898
mapped by Don Strack (Utah Rails.com)

Old route Whitehouse UT to Mack CO
mapped by James Sonntag

Glenwood Springs CO to Aspen CO

Glenwood Springs existing

Old route Tennessee Pass

Leadville to Leadville Jct
"Ryan Cutoff"

Leadville abandoned

Leadville CO to Kokomo CO
abandonment approved 12-1-1923
route very approximate in Kokomo area

Kokomo spur

Kokomo to Wheeler CO
abandonment approved 12-1-1923
route very approximate

Wheeler to Dillon CO
abandonment approved 12-1-1923
route very approximate

California Gulch Branch
Built 1883 as 36" gauge

Graham Park Branch
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1898 as 36" gauge

Wolfstone Branch
Built 1900

Graham Park Jct to Ibex

Ibex spur

Ibex Spur-2

Banker Mine spur

Fortune Mine spur

Fryers Hill Branch
Built 1881 as 36" gauge

Denver abandoned

Military Jct to Fort Logan

Lehigh Branch
Built 1883 as 36" gauge

Louviers Branch

Hathaway spur
abandoned after 1923

Madge Quarry Spur

Lake Jct to Lake City CO
to San Cristobal Ry 1932
operated 1 year
removed 1936

Aberdeen Quarry Spur

Gunnison to Crested Butte CO

Crested Butte to Anthracite CO

Crested Butte to Floresta CO

Poncha Jct to Maysville CO

Maysville to Monarch CO

Hecla Jct to Calumet CO

Howard to Calcite CO

Canon City to Westcliffe CO

Crews to Colorado Springs
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1871-72

Colorado Springs to Manitou Springs CO

Chandler Jct to Chandler CO

Fremont Spur

Oak Creek Branch
miles

Coal Creek Branch

Canfield Jct to SE

Old route Swallows to Pueblo
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1871-72

Pueblo old route

Carbon Jct CO to Farmington NM

Arboles old route

Tropic Spur

Walsenburg to Alamo CO
Built to Pictou 1888
to Strong 1904
to Toga 1907
to Alamo 1923 removed 1924 to 1968

Rouse Jct to Rouse

Old Rouse

Engleville to El Moro CO

El Moro to Trinidad CO
Built by Trinidad & Denver RR 1887
route uncertain

Boncarbo to Longdale Jct CO

Trinidad unknown
D&RGW???

Larimer to Mustang CO

Walsenburg to Southern Jct
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1910-11
operated jointly with C&S

Denver & Salt Lake

Utah Jct (Denver) to Steamboat Springs
Built by Denver Northwestern & Pacific Ry 1903-1909
to Denver & Salt Lake RR 5-1-1913
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR control

Utah Jct (Denver) to Steamboat Springs CO
Built by Denver Northwestern & Pacific Ry 1903-1909
to Denver & Salt Lake RR 5-1-1913
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR control

Moffat Tunnel

Rollins Pass
Built by Denver Northwestern & Pacific Ry 1903-1909
to Denver & Salt Lake RR 5-1-1913

Craig to Steamboat Springs CO
Built by Denver & Salt Lake RR 1913
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR control

Craig to Axial CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1978

Empire Spur
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1978

Ute Spur
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1978

Adams Jct to Energy CO

Curtis Mine Spur
Built by Denver & Salt Lake RR

Routt-Pinnacle Mine

McGregor Mine Spur

Dotsero Cutoff
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1932-34
see http://www.drgw.net/info/DotseroCutoff

Utah Jct to Pullman
Built by Northwestern Terminal Ry 1906-08
controlled by Denver & Salt Lake Ry

Florence & Cripple Creek

Florence CO to Cripple Creek CO
Built by Florence & Cripple Creek RR 1893-94 as 36" gauge

Vesta Jct to ore reduction mills

Canon City CO to Oro Junta CI
Built by Canon City & Cripple Creek Ry 1899-1900 as 36" gauge
controlled by Florence & Cripple Creek RR
abandoned 1915?

Union Pacific

Colorado Wyoming & Eastern

CO/WY State Line to Walden CO
Built by Laramie & Routt County Ry 1909-11
to Colorado Wyoming & Eastern Ry 6-4-1914
to Union Pacific 1924

Walden CO to Coalmont WY
Built by Laramie & Routt County Ry 1909-11
to Colorado Wyoming & Eastern Ry 6-4-1914
to Union Pacific 1924

CO

Union CO to Julesburg CO
Built by Colorado Central RR 1880-1882
controlled by Union Pacific RR
to Union Pacific RR 2-6-1899
CB&Q had trackage rights on UP Union to Sterling
see http://utahrails.net/up/colorado-central.php

La Salle CO to Monfort CO
Built by Colorado Central RR 1880-1882
controlled by Union Pacific RR
to Union Pacific RR 2-6-1899
see http://utahrails.net/up/colorado-central.php

Monfort CO to Fort Morgan CO
Built by Colorado Central RR 1880-1882
controlled by Union Pacific RR
to Union Pacific RR 2-6-1899
abandoned between 4-1991 and 4-1994
see http://utahrails.net/up/colorado-central.php

Fort Morgan CO to Union CO

St Vrains CO to Brighton CO
Built by Denver & Boulder Valley RR 1871
leased to Denver Pacific Ry
to Union Pacific Ry 1-24-1880
abandoned east of Dick 1966

St Vrains CO to Liggett CO
Built by Denver & Boulder Valley RR 1871
leased to Denver Pacific Ry
to Union Pacific Ry 1-24-1880
out of service by 2015

Liggett CO to Boulder CO
Built by Denver & Boulder Valley RR 1871-74
leased to Denver Pacific Ry
to Union Pacific Ry 1-24-1880

Sand Creek Jct to St Vrains CO

St Vrains wye

St Vrains CO to Dent CO

Dent CO wye

Dent CO to La Salle CO

Dent CO to Fort Collins CO

Fort Collins Existing

Fort Collins abandoned

Fort Collins CO to Boettcher CO

Boettcher CO to Buckeye CO

Ripple CO to Orcutt CO

Gill CO Existing

Gill CO to Briggsdale CO

Cloverly CO to Purcell CO

Lincoln Mine Spur

Sterling Mine Spur

Boulder Valley #3 Mine

Baum Mine Spur

Baum Mine Jct Wye

Grant Mine Spur

Firestone Mine Spur?

Washington Mine Spur

Eagle Mine Spur

Imperial Mine Spur

State Mine Spur

Clayton Mine Spur

Eureka Mine Spur

Shamrock Mine Spur

Puritan Mine Spur

Lehigh Mine Spur

Valmont Power Plant Spur

Kansas Pacific Ry

CO/KS State Line to Limon CO
Built by Kansas Pacific Ry 1869-70
completed 8-15-1870
to Union Pacific RR 1-22-1898 to 8-9-1901
See http://utahrails.net/up/kansas-pacific.php

Limon CO to Strasburg CO
Built by Kansas Pacific Ry 1869-70
completed 8-15-1870
to Union Pacific RR 1-22-1898 to 8-9-1901
See http://utahrails.net/up/kansas-pacific.php

Denver CO to Strasburg CO
Built by Kansas Pacific Ry 1869-70
completed 8-15-1870
to Union Pacific RR 1-22-1898 to 8-9-1901
See http://utahrails.net/up/kansas-pacific.php

Denver wye

Denver Pacific Ry & Telegraph Co

Denver CO to Warrens CO
Built by Denver Pacific Ry & Telegraph Co 1869-70
operated by Kansas Pacific Ry after 9-27-1879
to Union Pacific RR
see http://utahrails.net/up/denver-pacific.php

Warrens CO to CO/WY State Line Old Line
Built by Denver Pacific Ry & Telegraph Co 1869-70
operated by Kansas Pacific Ry after 9-27-1879
to Union Pacific RR
see http://utahrails.net/up/denver-pacific.php

Warrens CO to CO/WY State Line New Line
Built by Union Pacific RR

Missouri Pacific Ry

CO/KS State Line to Boone CO
Built by Pueblo & State Line RR 1887
to Missouri Pacific Ry 1-18-1910

Boone CO to North Avondale
Built by Pueblo & State Line RR 1887
to Missouri Pacific Ry 1-18-1910

North Avondale CO to Devine CO
Built by Pueblo & State Line RR 1887
to Missouri Pacific Ry 1-18-1910

Baxter existing

Pueblo existing

Baxter to Pueblo

Pueblo abandoned

Colorado Shortlines

Argentine Central Ry

Silver Plume CO to Mt McClellan
Built by Argentine Central Ry 1905-06 as 36" gauge
to Argentine & Gray's Peak Ry 1912

Arkansas Valley RR

Kit Carson CO to Las Animas CO
Built by Arkansas Valley RR 1873
leased to Kansas Pacific RR

Aspen & Western Ry

Carbondale CO to pt 4 miles S
Built by Aspen & Western RR 1887-88 as 36" gauge
to Crystal River RR 11-29-1892
converted to standard gauge 1896
to Crystal River RR 9-13-1898
ceased operations 12-7-1919
trackage rights granted to Crystal River & San Juan RR 12-8-1910
leased to Crystal River & San Juan RR 1922

Thompson Creek Mines
Built by Aspen & Western RR 1887-88 as 36" gauge
to Crystal River RR 11-29-1892

Bald Mountain RR

Occidental CO to Occidental Mines
Built by Bald Mountain RR ca1902 as 36" gauge

Beaver Penrose & Northern Ry

Beaver CO to Penrose CO
Built by Beaver Penrose & Northern Ry 1909

Book Cliff Ry

Untitled Path
Built by Little Book Cliff Ry 1890 as 36" gauge
to Colorado Wyoming & Great Northern 1894
to Book Cliff Ry 1899
route approximate from airport south

Colorado & Southeastern RR

Hastings to Ludlow
Built by Canon D'Agua RR 1889
to UPD&G
to Colorado & Southern
to Colorado & Southeastern Ry 1903
to Colorado & Southeastern RR 8-10-1909

Hastings CO to Delagua
Built by Victor American Fuel Co.
to to Colorado & Southeastern Ry 1903
to Colorado & Southeastern RR 8-10-1909
route assumed to be where road is now

Barnes Jct to Barnes CO
Built by Colorado & Southeastern Ry 1903
to Colorado & Southeastern RR 8-10-1909

Northern Division

Hartville Jct to Sunrise WY
Built by Colorado & Wyoming RR 1899-1900

Guernsey WY spur

Branch
assumed to be Colorado & Wyoming RR or Colorado Fuel & Iron Co

Colorado Eastern Ry

Denver CO to Scranton CO
Built by Denver Land & Coal Co 1885 as 36" gauge
to Colorado Eastern Ry

Colorado-Kansas Ry

Pueblo CO to Stone City CO
Built by Kansas-Colorado RR 1910
to Colorado-Kansas Ry 11-28-1910
to Colorado RR 1934

Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District

Colorado Springs to Hoosier Pass

Crystal River & San Juan Ry

Marble CO to Placita CO
Built by Crystal River & San Juan RR 1906
standard gauge

Avalanche to Placita
Built by Crystal River RR 1899
standard gauge
leased to Crystal River & San Juan RR

Jct w A&W to Avalanche
Built by Crystal River Ry 1892-93 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1896
ceased operations 12-7-1919
trackage rights granted to Crystal River & San Juan RR 12-8-1910
leased to Crystal River & San Juan RR 1922

Crystal River RR

Redstone CO to Coal Basin
Built by Crystal River RR 1900 as 36" gauge
abandoned ca 1910
route uncertain

Treasury Mountain Railway

Treasury Mountain Ry
Built by Treasury Mountain Ry 1905 as standard gauge
7.5 % grade
Note: Robert Ormes lists it as 36" gauge in "Tracking Ghost Railroads in Colorado"

Treasury Mountain Ry Incline
1905-1915

Yule Creek Ry

Yule Creek Ry
Built by Yule Creek Ry 1905
standard gauge electric railway
8% grade max 17%

Midland Terminal

Divide CO to Victor CO
Built by Midland Terminal Ry 1893-94

Golden Circle

Grand River Valley Ry

Grand Jct to Fruita
Built by Grand Junction & Red River Valley Ry 1910
electric interurban railway
to Grand River Valley Ry 11-1-1914

Great Western Ry

Loveland CO to Welty
Built by Great Western Ry 1903
controlled by Great Western Sugar Co

Johnstown to Milliken CO
Built by Great Western Ry 1904
controlled by Great Western Sugar Co

Windsor CO to Eaton CO
Built by Great Western Ry 1905
controlled by Great Western Sugar Co

Officer Jct to Windsor

Milliken to Elm CO
Graded by Denver Laramie & Northwestern RR
to Great Western Ry 1917

Milliken to Wattenburg CO
Graded by Denver Laramie & Northwestern RR
to Great Western Ry 1917

Longmont to Liberty CO

Johnstown CO to Liberty CO

Manitou & Pike's Peak Ry

Manitou to Pike's Peak CO
Built by Manitou & Pike's Peak Ry 1889-91
cog railroad

Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs RR

Lumberton CO to Edith CO
Built by Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs RR 1895 as 36" gauge
controlled by New Mexico Lumber Co
route uncertain, thought to be where road is now in places

Edith CO to Flaugh CO
Built by Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs RR 1902-04 as 36" gauge
controlled by New Mexico Lumber Co
damaged by flood 10-4-1911
abandoned by 1914

Rio Grande Southern RR

Durango CO to Muldoon CO
Built by Rio Grande Southern RR 1891 as 36" gauge
Dolores to Muldoon route uncertain... appears to be where road is now and old road visible abandoned to west

Muldoon CO to Rico CO
Built by Rio Grande Southern RR 1892 as 36" gauge

May Day Jct to May Day Mine
Built by Rio Grande Southern RR 1906 as 36" gauge

Ute Jct to Ute Mine
abandoned 1898 or 1908???

Vance Jct to Rico CO

Ridgway CO to Vance Jct

Vance Jct to Telluride CO

Telluride CO to Pandora CO

Enterprise Branch

Black Hawk Branch

Franklin Jct to Boston Mine
Built by Perins Peak RR 1901 as 36" gauge
leased to Rio Grande Southern RR

Red Rock Spur
possible location of Red Rock Spur

Silverton RR

Silverton to Red Mountain
Built by Silverton RR 1887-88 as 36" gauge
to Silverton Ry 11-3-1904

Red Mountain wye

Red Mountain to Albany
Built by Silverton RR 1887-89 as 36" gauge

Silver Belle Mine spur
approximate

Silverton Gladstone & Northerly RR

Silverton CO to Gladstone CO
Built by Silverton Gladstone & Northerly RR 1899
leased to Silverton Northern RR

Silverton Northern RR

Silverton CO to Eureka CO
Built by Silverton Northern RR 1896 as 36" gauge
ceased operations 1939 removed 1942

Loop

Eureka CO to Animas Forks
Built by Silverton Northern RR 1904 as 36" gauge

Howardsville CO to Green Mountain
Built by Silverton Northern RR 1905 as 36" gauge

San Luis Central RR

Sugar Jct (Monte Vista) CO to Center CO
Built by San Luis Central RR 1913

San Luis Valley Southern RR

McClintock CO to Jaroso CO
Built by San Luis Southern RR 1909-10
to San Luis Valley Southern RR 1-6-1928
to Southern San Luis Valley RR 12-12-1953
see http://www.drgw.net/info/SanLuisValleySouthern

Blanca CO to McClintock CO
Built by San Luis Southern RR 1909-10
to San Luis Valley Southern RR 1-6-1928
to Southern San Luis Valley RR 12-12-1953
to San Luis & Rio Grande RR 2007
see http://www.drgw.net/info/SanLuisValleySouthern

Trinchera Estate RR

Sims to sawmill
Built by Trinchera Estate RR 1912 as 36" gauge

Russell CO to Grayback Mine
Built by Denver & Rio Grande 1881 as 36" gauge
to Trinchera Estate RR ca1904

LaVeta Pass old route
this section sold to Trinchera Estate ca1904
abandoned ca1917

Uintah Ry

Mack CO to CO/UT State Line
Built by Uintah Ry 1905 as 36" gauge

CO/UT State Line to Dragon UT
Built by Uintah Ry 1905 as 36" gauge

Dragon UT to Watson UT
Built by Uintah Ry 1911 as 36" gauge

Rainbow Jct to Rainbow Mine

China Wall Mine spur

Dragon to Dragon Mine