GC2CWJ1DSP&H Denver, South Park, and Hilltop Railroad
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By: Grand High Pobah@
| Hide Date: 08/04/2010
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 12.254 W106° 00.081 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
The cache is a 35mm container. It is not winter friendly.This is one of the caches in a series of caches dedicated to Fallen Flag railroads. Fallen Flags are those railroads that no longer exist either through abandonment or corporate takeover. With each cache will come a short history lesson explaining a little something about the railroad.
DSP&H are the initials of the Denver, South Park, and Hilltop railroad. It was a narrow gauge line (3’ between the rails) that ran between Hilltop Junction (about 3/4 mile south of Fairplay) and the town of Leavick, a distance of about 11 miles.
The purpose of this railroad was to transport ore from the mines to the smelters in Denver. In the early years there was a 3 times a week passenger train. Initially the railroad was jointly owned by the Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railroad (a successor to the Denver, South Park, and Pacific) and the Hilltop Mining Company. When it was completed, the DL&G bought out stock owned by the Hilltop interests.
If you look to the northeast, you will see the cut that the grade came through. The long straight section to the southwest that the road is on is the old railroad grade.
DSP&H Denver, South Park, and Hilltop Railroad
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