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Editor’s Notebook

Road Trip – Part Three

Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park

Colorado

I drove out of Kansas and into Colorado on an overcast afternoon. Later that day, I would arrive in Denver to spend a few days visiting my sister. Not much time for stops along the way, but while looking for a place to eat lunch, I came across the Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park in Limon, Colorado. The Museum is housed in the former Rock Island depot, which was built in 1910. Unfortunately, the Museum was closed the day I was there, but I was able to walk around the grounds and take pictures.

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Rio Grande Southern #20 
  Gets a New Life

Rio Grande Southern #20 In Her Stall
July 8th, 2020
Rio Grande Southern number 20 sits in her stall at the roundhouse.
Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden Colorado.

It was July 8th, 2020, when I went down to the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. Rio Grande Southern #20 was finally doing some test runs after years of being totally rebuilt—from running on the Rio Grande Southern, to a static display, to running again at the CRRM.

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