Part 10: South Park City                                Railway Pages Index

Breckenridge and Fairplay were major mining centers on the original DSP&P mainline. South Park City is an historical village started in 1959 and run by the South Park Historical Foundation. The buildings have been gathered from many locations to represent a typical small town at the turn of the century. They are in good condition and hold many interesting artifacts. The train depot is from Buffalo, CO.

The locomotive is a non-operating 1914 Porter-built Mogul (2–6–0) from a banana company in Guatemala. It is somewhat similar to Moguls that once ran on the C&S. There are a number of freight cars and a caboose painted with DSP&P markings, but the lettering is not authentic in appearance. The cars themselves may be ex-C&Sng but there is no indication of their provenance. Photos are from 1994.

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Websites of Interest
http://www.southparkcity.org/ghosttown_tour.htm
http://www.railway-eng.com/dspp/
http://www.narrowgauge.org/ncmap/ted/dspp2_leadville.html

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E. R. (Ross) Crain, P.Eng. is a Consulting Petrophysicist and a Professional Engineer with over 40 years of experience in reservoir description, petrophysical analysis, and management. He has been a specialist in the integration of well log analysis and petrophysics with geophysical, geological, engineering, and simulation phases of oil and gas exploration and exploitation, with widespread Canadian and Overseas experience.

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