COLORADO & SOUTHERN ROCK ISLAND SANTA FE railroad Parker Elbert Falcon Pueblo

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COLORADO HIGH PLAINS RAILROAD HISTORY
DVDs
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totaling more than 4-1/2 hours of infotainment
at one special package price. Residents of fast growing Douglas, Elbert, El Paso and Pueblo Counties will especially enjoy this time capsule trip back, long before suburban sprawl took root. Makes the perfect gift for less than twenty bucks for BOTH
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Two exciting DVDs of phantom high plains railroading within the shadow of the Rockies. All aboard for a more than FOUR HOURS celebration of Colorado's "mystery mainline" from Denver to Pueblo via University Park, Sullivan, Connors, Kenwood Park, Melvin, Parker, Hilltop, Whiskey Gulch, Elizabeth, Rock Butte, Cameron, Elbert, Sidney, Eastonville, Granger, Falcon, Manitou Junction, Franceville, Colorado Springs, Fountain,Cactus, Pinon, and Overton. John Evans' D&NO, an unlikely 124 mile High Plains route, was Colorado's first standard gauge railroad south of The Mile High City. Hold onto your seat for a bumpy ride as the northern component of a through-route to the Gulf, before the famous 1899 Joint Line Agreement with the Santa Fe left these tracks in the dust. For 36 years, much of these demoted tracks remained as the Colorado & Southern Railway's Falcon Line-- a quaint country branch from South Denver to a connection with the Rock Island Railroad at Falcon.  This is the perfect video companion to James R. Jones' long out of print prairie classic book of the same name. Enjoy rare film, photos, and ephemera, with colorful anecdotes from a road less traveled, This comprehensive, entertaining DVD spotlights the life and times of the people and places along the tracks, followed by a very special vintage program featuring two railroad veterans who worked on this line during its final years. All the fun is getting there! You are buying directly from the producer, who also authored the book on this subject. Any proceeds from DVD sales will support an effort to digitize, revamp and republish this long out of print publication.
Here's what you get:
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DENVER & NEW ORLEANS: IN THE SHADOW OF THE ROCKIES
(TT-051)
2 HOURS, 22 MINUTES, with bonus features including a humorous and educational January 1998 program given to the Parker Area Historical Society, featuring Jess Mann and Harry Jackson, who worked on the railroad in the 1920s and 30s.
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HERE COMES THE FLOOD, THERE GOES THE TRAIN!
(TT-052) 2 HOURS, 28 MINUTES, with bonus features including interviews with old-timers who remembered the 1935 flood that changed the lives of Elbert County residents and cost them their railroad lifeline. Then and now scenes orient viewers to what was and what remains. The former railroad section house, at Elizabeth is the last surviving D&NO building. The building, its preservation, and proud current owner have their moment inthe spotlight.
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