Lake County, Colorado

 City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Field Checked

West of Leadville

Colorado Midland

 

Tn

aband.

1893

gone

timber portal

none

Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel (Carleton Tunnel), 1.78 miles

 

West of Leadville

Colorado Midland

above Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel

Tn

trail

 

gone

 

none

Hagerman Tunnel, 2,061 feet

 

Leadville

Denver, Leadville & Gunnison (Colorado & Southern)

7th Street/Hazel Street

P

rr

1893

in use

brick/stone

tourist line

gift shop/ticket office for Leadville Colorado & Southern

10/23

Leadville

Colorado & Southern

Sawmill Road

Rh

rr

1883

in use

brick

tourist line

originally a narrow gauge structure

10/23

Leadville

Denver and Rio Grande Western

relocated about 3.5 miles southwest of town along US 24 in Stringtown

F

storage

 

none

wood

none

cut in half, then reassembled

10/23

Tennessee Pass

Denver & Rio Grande (Denver and Rio Grande Western )

off US 24

Tn

rr

 

unused

 

UP

South Portal, 2550' long

 

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

Last Updated 12/27/23

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