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From 1949 until
1958 Bob Richardson was the editor and "abandoned line reporter"
of the Narrow Gauge News.
Seventy-three mimeographed and six printed issues were mailed to
those who sent self-addressed stamped No. 10 envelopes to the "World's
Largest Narrow Gauge Museum and Motel" at South Alamosa, Colorado.
Circulation was limited, and today copies are almost impossible
to find. We have reprinted these as a book with over 170 photographs
made from Bob's original negatives, many of which have never been
published before, now preserved in the Western History Collection
of the Denver Public Library.
This is a fascinating account of the final years of the San Juan
and Galloping Geese, snow-fighting, abandonment hearings and last
runs. The struggle among railroad officials, employees, railfans
and a then-indifferent public over the survival of the slim gauge
is recounted from Bob Richardson's unique perspective. Bob has written
an introduction describing how he chronicled the declining years
of Colorado's narrow gauge empire four decades ago. The Narrow Gauge
News played an unrecognized role in building public support for
the surviving narrow gauge we treasure today.
303 pages,
over 190 illustrations, six paintings by Ted Rose reproduced in
color, acid free paper, hardcover
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