Tag: Caboose Cobwebs
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Finding your way before GPS | Caboose Cobwebs
I like old maps. I remember planning trips across the country. I had a collection of road atlases and gas station maps. I still have some of them in my car. You may find this pretty normal from me, but it is the construction of our railroads that brought us good maps. Here in Colorado,…
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Finding your way before GPS | Caboose Cobwebs
I like old maps. I remember planning trips across the country. I had a collection of road atlases and gas station maps. I still have some of them in my car. You may find this pretty normal from me, but it is the construction of our railroads that brought us good maps. Here in Colorado,…
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Carrying livestock on the rails | Caboose Cobwebs
I recently read a story about a kind of railroad car that we do not see anymore, a stock car. These cars carried animals, mainly pigs, sheep and cattle. This story, from the 1890’s tells of a new development built by a company in Chicago. “The novelty of the car is a new folding floor…
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Carrying livestock on the rails | Caboose Cobwebs
I recently read a story about a kind of railroad car that we do not see anymore, a stock car. These cars carried animals, mainly pigs, sheep and cattle. This story, from the 1890’s tells of a new development built by a company in Chicago. “The novelty of the car is a new folding floor…
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Publicity is important | Caboose Cobwebs
I found parts of this story in a Denver newspaper of the 1890s. It tells of the arrival of a carload of Kansas newspaper men, some 24 in number, and a few guides, making a tour of Colorado. The car originated in Topeka and traveled over the Rock Island to Denver. The tour, largely over…
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Publicity is important | Caboose Cobwebs
I found parts of this story in a Denver newspaper of the 1890s. It tells of the arrival of a carload of Kansas newspaper men, some 24 in number, and a few guides, making a tour of Colorado. The car originated in Topeka and traveled over the Rock Island to Denver. The tour, largely over…
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Riding the train in 2026 | Caboose Cobwebs
Here we are in 2026, and the start of the year. What is appropriate? I remember when the big newspapers spent many pages on the year’s old news. Well, this column is old news every month, so for fun, let us ride a train? There were many ‘Santa Trains’ this year, but 100+ years ago…
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Riding the train in 2026 | Caboose Cobwebs
Here we are in 2026, and the start of the year. What is appropriate? I remember when the big newspapers spent many pages on the year’s old news. Well, this column is old news every month, so for fun, let us ride a train? There were many ‘Santa Trains’ this year, but 100+ years ago…
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Special visitors | Caboose Cobwebs
I recently ran across an interesting visit to Palmer Lake by leaders of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad in 1889. It tells of a distinguished party of gentlemen connected with the D&RGW arriving from Denver as guests at the hotel in Palmer Lake. The party was headed by General William J. Palmer, who had…
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Special visitors | Caboose Cobwebs
I recently ran across an interesting visit to Palmer Lake by leaders of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad in 1889. It tells of a distinguished party of gentlemen connected with the D&RGW arriving from Denver as guests at the hotel in Palmer Lake. The party was headed by General William J. Palmer, who had…