Minturn, CO: D&RG Roundhouse, Coaling Tower and Railyard

Railyard: (Satellite, less than half of the tracks still exist.)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, land has been repurposed by The Mexican Bar and Grill. Note that they added a wye to turn the locomotives.)

There were no freight cars in the yard because UP has shutdown this Tennessee Pass route, but refuses to sell it.

Richard Crabtree posted

Pulling into Minturn

Here we see Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 3600 L-131 2-8-8-2 built by Brooks Locomotive Works in 1927.

No. 3600 is pulling into the D&RGW Yards in Minturn, Colorado

Photo by Robert W. Richardson August 1954

Denver Public Library Digital Collection

Color by me 🙂

Richard Crabtree shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's share
I can't reconcile the photo with the topo map. 1950 Minturn Quad @ 62,500
The roundhouse is on the wrong side of the tracks, it is too close to the tracks and the curves in the background don't match.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's share
1951 aerial photo