Chaffee County, Colorado

 City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Field Checked

Alpine Tunnel

Denver, South Park and Pacific

  Altman Pass

Tn

 abandoned

  1881-1882

gone

stone portals 

none

1,800 feet, partially collapsed

 

Alpine Tunnel

Denver, South Park and Pacific

Altman Pass 

C

 museum

1883/84

gone

wood

none

restored

 

near Alpine Tunnel

Denver, South Park and Pacific

on Alpine Tunnel Historic District Auto Tour

Wt

museum 

1885 

gone

wood

none

Tunnel Gulch tank, restored

 

Buena Vista

Colorado Midland

County Road 375

Tn

road use

 

gone

 

none

three tunnels

1/15

Buena Vista

Denver and Rio Grande Western

relocated to Linderman Avenue, half a block west of Highway24

C

public safety complex

c1950s

none

 

none

served as last D&RGW depot

10/21

Buena Vista

Denver, South Park and Pacific

relocated to McPhelemy Park on U.S. 24

C

display

 1880

none

wood

none

 

10/21

Johnson Village

replica

 

C

business

 

none

wood

none

DSP&P replica depot, Trout City Berth & Breakfast

 

Mears Jct.

Denver and Rio Grande Western

moved to Gunnison (Gunnison Co.)

Wt

museum

1940

none

wood

none

 

8/21

 Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

 Last Updated 12/25/23

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