Two Depots in Castle Rock, CO
by admin on Jan.03, 2023, under Colorado
I had the good fortune today to visit two depots in Castle Rock, CO. The first (pictured last in the gallery below) was from a distance. It’s the dark green building, a 1911 AT&SF Railroad Depot building that today sits as pictured along the southbound Joint Line route. That’s as close as I could get. The other was a total surprise. I did not know that the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum was an old Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot built in 1875. They’re not normally open on Tuesdays, but I just happened to meet some of the staff and board members at a meeting in town and voila, they invited us over! The two depots are basically across the highway (I-25) from each other on the south end of town (“Old Castle Rock”).
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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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