COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILWAY D&NO ROUTE Parker Elizabeth Elbert Falcon Pueblo

Description: COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S D&NO ROUTE is the highly anticipated follow-up to James R. "Jim" Jones' long out of print Denver & New Orleans: In the Shadow of the Rockies (Sundance, 1997). Save more than $5 off the cover price and get low numbered, signed books (350 were printed) while supplies last. This softcover, perfect-bound coffee-table chronicle measures 254 pages, with hundreds of images, many never seen before. Denver & New Orleans Railroad and its successors were the northern component of a through-route to the Gulf before an 1899 Joint Line Agreement with the Santa Fe left it in the dust. This all-new publication is the perfect companion to DENVER & NEW ORLEANS: In the Shadow of the Rockies and a pair of fascinating video documentaries. This entertaining and informative chronicle spotlights the life and times of people and places along the route—complete with rail tales from those who remembered “Pollywog” trains and interesting street running locals. This unique presentation features more than thirty years of research with images, interviews, ephemera and modeling ideas from 1881 to the present. Noted historians Hol Wagner, Jack Thode, Ed Haley, Tom Klinger, Mel McFarland and every historical society along this phantom route are among the impressive list of contributors. Much more than just trains, old-timers (1897-1930) tell fascinating tales beyond the rails.254 pages, 8.5"x11" lavishly illustrated book, with juicy text, maps, anecdotes from 1881 to the present. Learn of long lost places along Colorado's front range and high plains such as downtown Denver, South Denver, University Park, Coronado, Floral, Connors, Sullivan, Oakes, Kenwood Park, Melvin, Parker, Hill Top, Whiskey Gulch, Elizabeth, Rock Butte, Cameron, Elbert, Sidney, Apex, Eastonville, Levis, Granger, Falcon, Bierstadt, Manitou Junction, Colorado Springs, Franceville Junction, Franceville, Jimmy Camp, Fountain, Little Buttes, Wigwam, Overton, Cactus, Grover, Fountain Lake Subdivision, Pueblo and Pueblo Junction. Denver-area residents will recognize this route as "the Buchtel Boulevard Line" that served Samsonite, Gates Rubber, Frito Lay, Floral Greenhouse, a grain elevator at Evans and Holly, and made a number of excursions to DU Football games.All aboard! BUY NOW, save $5 or more and get the lowest signed numbers. PERFECT GIFT! Don't snooze and lose. Offer good while supplies last. BONUS! Colorful, collectible four page, signed story behind the story "tales beyond the rails" publication.

Price: 37.97 USD

Location: Colchester, Vermont

End Time: 2024-09-10T14:21:58.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD