My layout: The Colorado Midland, Midland Terminal, & Short Line.

[Colorado Midland Modeler]

I got a bit behind on this thread like Mike did. You posted:

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I'll have to look into that, thanks!

 

[Colorado Midland Modeler]

That is wild (in the coolest sense of that word). I like the desert pastel colors you've used on the railroad. Being an every year traveler to the wild west, i really like your depiction of the Colorado area.

Thank you! Having grown up in the area, I know the Ute Pass area quite well due to my close proximity to it, so I looked at photos like this street view screen shot of Tunnel 8, sometimes called "The Black Crags" (below) and tried to approximate the look of it to the best of my ability. Albeit, selectively compressed.

And here's my version of it. (Below, tunnel farthest to the right of the photo and just above Hanging Rock Cut. The real cut was obliterated to make way for US24

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