To Shiny Rails

The Central Coast Railroad Festival announced its initial detailed schedule for the 2023 Festival this Fall, October 6-8, 2023. Click here for the Announcement Email. These are the contents:

Detailed CCRRF Schedules Posted
Oceano Depot: Seabreeze Market (June 17)
Halter Ranch Railroad Joins the Festival
G-Scale Tour on Central Coast (July 10-11)
Friends of SMVRR Photo Contest
Union Pacific Historical Society Convention (July 19-22)
Speeder “Photo Booth” at SLO Railroad Museum
Another Speeder Inside at the Museum
SLO Railroad Museum Photo Contest
Track Repairs at California State Railroad Museum
2023 CCRRF Participants – So Far
Sponsorships Available for 2023 CCRRF
Area Railroading Opportunities
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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).