G, SL & P Stout-1893 - a photo on Flickriver

            : I've been badly laying about but otherwise I looked over some of the USGS Survey phototos as a pastime. This previously unseen by me, USGS find was a total shock. The title said it was the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacifiic Railroad at Stout, Colorado, in 1893, a quarry town. Were they quarrying building or ballast stone? All info is a bit difficult to track down now.  Classic railbuff photographer, Neal Miller did ride the train route up to the quarry northeast of route #287 in the 50's. At Stout, I see some of the quarries along the bluff but it seems there was also a kiln in front of the the engine and old log station. The train is pulled by an old 1800's American style wood burner, 2-4-0, and followed by a load of flat cars in the drag. There are some workers atop some of the flat cars, ready to load the rock.  Wiki mentions the Colorado &Southern railroad whose grade was east in Fort Collins, but the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad built toward Fort Collins and west toward Virginia Dale and the transcontinental tunnel west of there. Much of the GRADE north can still be found. eDDie found the actual tunnel and grade on Google Maps as we spotted much of the actual grade on our photoshoot of the area. I added William Henry Jackson's shots to my stream about Virginia Dale. A fascinating place with enormous history indeed.

It is unlikeley you will find Stout, Colorado on the map today, it is now under Horsetooth Reservoir, west of Fort Collins, and hard to find other then the Wikipedia map which will get you close. The Greeley Railroad traversed Fort Collins to the west to follow highway #287 and must have accessed the original valley from the north. Few Stout, Colorado traces remain. The shot was made in the remaining buggy days as seen in the foreground. This edit/ description took some serious time for investigations.

Taken on: September 22, 2021

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