Midland Depot in Divide, CO
by admin on Jun.11, 2023, under Colorado
After our second and last show at the John Wesley Ranch, I stopped very briefly at the Midland Depot in Divide, CO. The ranch is just a few miles south on Highway 67 from Divide. The Teller Historic and Environmental Coalition is working to restore and open this piece of history. Click here to see their plans as published earlier this year. The depot is next door to the new police station which is about 1500 feet from the signaled intersection in Divide back toward Woodland Park on Highway 24. From the Coalition’s website: “The Colorado Midland Railway built the first standard gauge line into the Colorado Rockies in 1886. The first Midland Depot in Divide, constructed in 1887, burned and was replaced by the existing structure built in 1903.” For more about the depot, click here. I learned about the existence of this depot from all the framed artwork hanging on the walls, at the John Wesley Ranch, about the Midland Railroad and the depot in Divide. The Coalition usually has a Midland Days event in early September (this year set for September 9th).
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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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