Reliving the RGS

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Reliving the RGS

Unread postby Blake Bogs » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:47 pm

Since I was not around when the RGS ran, my dad and I retraced the rails of the RGS this summer. Here are a couple photos from this excursion.
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I don't think this is a RGS building, but still a cool building
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The building is a famous building that near the RGS in Ophir
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I don't think this is a RGS building, but still a cool building
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Re: Reliving the RGS

Unread postby Rich Murray » Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:33 am

Thank you for posting those.
Following the RGS right of way is a great way to spend time on the western slope in Colorado. It's fantastic country and following the right of way is a good excuse to see it. My son and I ran the same route several years ago.
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Re: Reliving the RGS

Unread postby Jason Rose » Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:05 am

Thanks Blake. Great photos.

Exploring the RGS is still on my to-do list. Michele and I have seen a few things between Ridgway, Telluride, and Trout Lake, but that's it so far.

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Re: Reliving the RGS

Unread postby Wayne Hoskin » Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:56 pm

How much of the RGS right of way is driveable and/or accessable? I have a trip planned to your beautiful part of the world next year, I will be driving from Alberquerque up to Chama, Durango, Ridgway on to Grand Junction and Denver, I hope to explore the Uintah RR and to follow the RGS would make it an excellent road trip. But I am doing the best first rather than last, that's the C&T off course.

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Re: Reliving the RGS

Unread postby Blake Bogs » Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:06 pm

Thanks Rich and Jason for the comments!
Wayne, I am not the expert on the RGS you need to talk to, but I can try to help. When my Dad and I went to Colorado this past summer, we only followed the RGS row from Ridgeway to Lizard Head. You can see where the roadbed for the most part, but sometimes it is very difficult to tell where it is. It is defiantly helpful to have the Tracking Ghost Railroads in Colorado book!
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