Archive for September, 2023
Midland Days
by admin on Sep.21, 2023, under Uncategorized
I attended the 13th annual Midland Days Symposium held at the John Wesley Ranch just outside of Divide, CO on September 9th. The event is co-sponsored by Midland Days at Divide, Inc., the Teller Historic and Environmental Coalition (T.H.E. Coalition), and the Divide Chamber of Commerce. Among other things, the Midland Days group is working to restore the Midland Depot (see a brief posting) currently located on the north side of Divide on Highway 24. This year’s program included:
Chapel Cars, by Ken Valles (I did a Parlor Car Chat on Chapel Cars)
Life/Times of A.E. Carlton, by Dave Martinek
Samplers (a slideshow), by Mel McFarland
Richard Newell Homicide, by Dwight Haverkorn
Carlton Mill, by Art Crawford
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All Aboard!
The rails of a railroad track are kept shiny on the top by the regular passage of trains. Thus, "To Shiny Rails" is the battle cry of my personal effort to keep railroading activities of all kinds available to as many people as possible. It's tantamount to exclaiming "Keep those trains a rollin'!". And with any luck at all, I'll personally be on as many of those trains as possible! To shiny rails, Jamie
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