Denver & New Orleans: In the shadow of the Rockies

Hardcover, First Edition Signed by the Author 1997 Sundance Publications Ltd 376 pages. Near Fine, no DJ - as issued. Purple cloth spine with gilt titles over gorgeous full color illustrated boards - corners sharp. Cover art by Jim Hutton. Book is protected by a heavy duty mylar cover with pockets for the boards to fit into. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Signed by the author on the half-title page under a stamped number (#131 of an undetermined limitation). Wonderful history of the Denver & New Orleans rail line. Hundreds of photographs and several maps.The Denver and New Orleans Railroad (D&NO) was a railroad in Colorado started by Colorado Governor John Evans, along with railroad entrepreneur David Moffat and other associates in 1881. Originally chartered to build a railroad from Denver, Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico, the charter was later changed instead connect southward to the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway which was building northwest from Fort Worth, Texas. The original D&NO line between South Denver and Manitou Junction/Colorado Springs remained active after 1899. The tracks south of Manitou Junction were unused. By 1913, the northernmost portion of the 123 miles route was downgraded multiple times. Service was cut south of Falcon in 1917, and a 1935 flood washed the tracks away south of Elizabeth at Mile post 39. Salvagers removed the rails from Sullivan (mile post 10) to Elbert that year. The last piece of actual D&NO line to close was the Erie Street "Wann Spur" in Pueblo, during 1999. A superb signed First Edition. ISBN-0913582654. LOC SSM-01

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ISBN: 0913582654

ISBN-13: 9780913582657

Publisher: Sundance Publications

Year: 1997-01-01

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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