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July 2009 RAILROADING SINCE OCTOBER 13, 1989

Calendar of Events 2009

July 2009
July 6: Board meeting at Village Inn on Academy Blvd just N of Austin Bluffs Pkwy dinner at 6:30 pm meeting at 7:30 pm
July 3, 10, 24 & 31: Friday Work sessions 7 pm to 9 pm
July 7, 14, 21 & 28: Tuesday Work sessions 7 pm to 9 pm
July 11, 18 & 25: Saturday Run sessions 9 am to 11 am
July 11: Club Trip to the Colorado Railroad Museum – Meet at the Monument Park & Ride @ 8 am and we'll carpool up from there.
July 17: Business Meeting 7 pm at club room
August 2009
Aug 3: Board meeting at Village Inn on Academy Blvd just N of Austin Bluffs Pkwy dinner at 6:30 pm meeting at 7:30 pm
Aug 11, 18 & 25:Tuesday Work sessions 7 pm to 9 pm
Aug 3, 10, 24 & 31:Friday Work sessions 7 pm to 9 pm
Aug 17: Business Meeting 7 pm at club room
Aug 1: Denver & New orleans field trip
Aug 8: Club rides the Royal Gorge Route RR. @ 3:30 pm. We will meet at the Nevada Park & Ride @ and carpool from there. See below for trip details.
Aug 1, 15, 22 & 29: Saturday Run sessions 9 am to 11 am
Aub 29 0r 30: Combined Picnic at Palmer Lake
Other Events for 2009
Sept 12 & 13: TECO-4
Sept 26: Ride the Cripple Creek Railroad
Oct 10: Club Anniversary Party at the Dueker's
Oct: Club trip to the Pueblo Railroad & Air Museums
Nov 6, 7 & 8: GTE Show in Denver.
Nov 28: Club Show at the DAV at Palmer Park Blvd and Peterson Rd
Colorado railroad Museum Trip July 11

For those of you wishing to go on this trip meet at the Monument Park & Ride at 8 am on Saturday July 11. The group will carpool from there to Golden. The cost is $12 per person.

Denver & new Orleans Field Trip August 1

For those who wish to go on this field trip we will meet at 10 am at the old Cub Foods parking lot at Constitution and Palmer Park and carpool from there. Bring a lunch and something to drink as this should take about 4 hours. Mike Peck will do El Paso County and Lester Coburn will do Elbert County.


Royal Gorge Route Trip

The club has scheduled this trip for August 8 at 3:30 pm. We will meet at the Nevada Park & Ride. We will set the time at the July business meeting. The club opted to ride in one of the vista dome cars so we could have a better view of the gorge. The club has reserved 20 seats and 16 are spoken for. We do have the option of adding more seats so don't worry we'll have seats for those who wish to join us. Cost is $49.25 for adults and $18.30 for children 3-12. Unfortunately the money has to be in to the club by July 8 so we can pay thirty days in advance.

MTL Repairs

We still have a lot of work to do on the MTL. We will be trying to setup up a couple more work sessions so we can have the repairs completed by TECO in September. As we have not worked on the MTL lately I do not have any current pictures of what we are doing so you will have to waite till after the next work session.


We didn't hear this BNSF business train coming so
This is the only shot we could take
Major train wreck at Georgetown before the show
These two photos of buildings in Georgetown showing how they are trying to preserve the architecture and history of the town.