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(Timestamp below) Make sure to subscribe with notifications on to help me hit 13K subs by Christmas and to never miss my Colorado documentaries! 0:00 intro 1:14 The decade's beginnings 1:57 Disaster breaks 3:18 Positive developments and the creation of Franklin Jct. 4:11 Flooding destroys track, and the RGS expands its operations 5:04 Collision at Glencoe and beginnings of 1902 5:50 Beginnings of 1903 6:25 The violent Colorado Labor Wars of 1903-04 begin 7:10 The RGS brings in the CO National Guard to Telluride 7:56 The RGS encounters new struggles 8:20 The RGS transports uranium & a new route is built 9:11 A line to Arizona is considered 9:52 Total catastrophe along the line 11:51 D&RG surveys a new route, and a bridge collapses 12:33 A.A. Rust's lumber line along the RGS is shut down 12:53 A new lumber line is built 13:27 The RGS has a rough beginning to 1907 14:09 The RGS acquires more cars 14:50 More disasters along the line 15:20 Bridge is rebuilt and other developments 15:58 Everything goes wrong for the RGS 17:48 Otto Mears returns to the RGS 18:12 things get better for the RGS 18:45 The final month of the decade 19:27 Retrospective on the decade 20:27 A photoslide showing the RGS over the year, with beautiful music. This is the best part of the video 21:26 Final thoughts/outro 22:22 End credits 23:18 Updates on parts 3 and 4 of this series
All 3 other parts in the series are officially out now, make sure to check them out, especially part 4, which is the finale and covers the RGS during the Great Depression, WW2, scrapping, and it's remains today, and even the Southern's connections to the atomic bomb and Oppenheimer! PART 1- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G4YZ3qw4qMU.html PART 3- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w0HIWQ0pC3I.html PART 4 (The finale!!)- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tfQmFkVQI3E.html
Well done! Great pictures and excellent narrative! My grandfolks lived in Colo 40's - 70's, and were on the Rocky Mtn Railroad Club trips on both steam and the goose. Nice to see those pics. Just fyi, they pronounced it O'-fur
