C&S Tales: retrieving rail in 1948 

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's fun to find and share stories like these.

Thanks!

Thanks so much, Donald. I too have the Memorial Edition. From what I've learned about M.C. Poor's process, they only printed a certain number and melted the type along the way so they couldn't make more copies (as a money-saving measure). Needless to say, that made the few copies jump up in price as the book's popularity took off. Thankfully, a few years after Poor's death, the Memorial Edition was published. It's really amazing that you have a signed copy of the Pictorial Supplement! Boy, would I love to see that piece of rail. I have one piece, but it's from the east portal area (there's a photo/scan of it late in the video above) that I got via the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club maybe ten years ago. I love that you carried the books up to the tunnel. Those are hefty books! I did the same thing many years back in an attempt to get some before and after photos. I would love to know what it was like to visit Dick Kindig. Did you father write some rail books? Thanks again for sharing and commenting. I'm really glad you enjoyed the video.

@@searchingforthecsnarrowgau8853 Yes, Dad was a noted author about west coast railroads. His titles include, "A Century of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives" (which is still the "bible" of SP historians and modelers), "Western Pacific Steam Locomotives, Passenger Trains, and Cars," (The WP was his favorite railroad and we spent many pleasant hours together traveling up and down the Feather River Canyon chasing trains and taking then and now photos.), and the last two, which we published together, were Vol. 1 of "Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial" (covering the locomotives through the 2800 series), and Vol. II which covered the 2900-5000 series. He wrote quite a few others, but these are his most famous. I don't remember much about that visit with Dick Kindig. Just vague memories of a house that, while neat and tidy, didn't seem to have been updated since the 1940s. And a basement that was full of railroad memorabilia. And maybe his darkroom? I couldn't swear to that, though. I think Dad told me that Dick was born and raised in the house, and inherited it from his parents. I don't think he ever married. As I write this, I remember that Dick joined us for a trip up the old Argentine Central grade all the way to remains of Waldorf. He was a wealth of knowledge and anecdotes about his days taking pictures along the various Denver area railroads during the steam days. I remember that we carried Abbott's "Stairway to the Stars" book about the Argentine Central. Maybe you could do some videos about that little pike?? "Ghost Tracking the Argentine Central."

I have the reprints also. The links to the old South Park are strong for me now. When I was a young railfan and modeler, I thought the dinky Mason Bogies were silly. Now, I would dearly love to see one preserved and restored to operation. 😊

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. I always start out these projects thinking, "Oh this one will be simple," and it always gets complicated! Thanks for appreciating the work that goes into it.

So glad you enjoy them! They are a joy to put together.

It's an amazing place!

:) I keep looking! I bet we'll find it on our next family trip...hopefully without very cold camping experiences.

Thanks!

Thanks, it was fun to play around with it.

Thanks! I'm glad you like it.

I just have a small sliver of rail from the east portal that the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club was giving out several years ago if you gave a donation or something.

I have a 5" piece of rail from the D&RG Crested Butte branch.