Denver, Leadville and Gunnison narrow guarge (36") locomotive built in 1884 by Cooke Locomotive in Patterson, N.J. This train made daily crossings of Boreas Pass (elv. 11,481) over the Frontal Range from Como to Breckenridge, the route opened in 1882.
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Snow blower, also from Cooke Locamotive, of the same design as the one used to keep Boreas Pass open, in snowdrifts ofter higher than the blower itself. This example was retrieved and restored from use in Alaska.
Start of the road from Breck over Boreas Pass to Como, crossing the continental divide at 11,481 feet. The aspens are everything from fresh green to lime to yellow to red to rusty dead orange, depending on elevation and sun exposure.
Breckenridge with Tenmile Range in the background.
Goose Neck Turn, a few miles south of Breck
The Aspens varied from green, to lime, to yellow, to red, to rust depending on the altitude and sun exposure and were a delight to see
Note the neat cloud lines.
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This is an original railroad cut from 1882..
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This section of the road is part of the original 1882 railroad bed abandoned in the early 30's.
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One of 4 train water tanks between Como and Breck, this is the sole survivor at the crest and has been rehabed.
I came across a primitive, though friendly band of hunter-gatherers up in the high country near Boreas Pass.
Don't know what they were gathering but the woman in blue tells the man what to do!
This is the lady in pink telling me I ain't getting one.
Getting above the treeline
Again, check the clouds. Only in Colorado....
Broadway St., Como, CO. Population estimate, minus the white resort hotel at the end of the street, 5.
A neat house in Como. I think the couple that run Mountain Man Art Gallery might just live here.
Trees with Breckenridge city lights in foreground. Time exposure in a clearing on the Boreas Pass Rd. east of town.
Over-exposed but interesting anyway.
This may be my best shot during our two week trip in Colorado and Idaho, but I haven't seen the others yet.
Octoberfest in Breck, in September. (Sometimes you can't sit outside and drink beer in October). Town was packed.
The busty-Bavarian-beerstein-babe.
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Main St. Square
Great lawn in front of one of Breck's many restored Victorian homes.
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Heartstone restaurant where we had our final gathering.
I checked out the kitchen to make sure it would meet the high standards to which Jerry has become accustomed in Del Rio.
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Sunday morning, after the reunion broke up, I asked Jean what she would like to do for the day. She replied drive another dirt road over the frontal range. The guys at the desk told me how to find another one, this one over Georgia Pass.
What they didn't tell me was that it was rated by Colorado "moderately difficult" for off road vehicles, not street SUVs.
