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I could be wrong,but i think Aspen,was a mining town and the D&RG ran out of there up until the line was cut back to serve some customers only part way up the line,but i bet the Denver Public Library, would have all the answers to your questions as they have extensive historical records and pictures of railroads and mining,and other western history.
I lived there in 1976 and the Rio Grande trains were still running. There was a coal mine southwest of Carbondale and they trucked in coal to that town and loaded trains that went all the way down to Glenwood and then on west from there. At that time the track went to Woody Creek near Aspen but had no traffic.
I guess the coal mine played out and they didn't have a customer anymore in the early eighties.
Thank you, all.
On GooglEarth I followed the ROW into Aspen but cannot discern where it ended.
Much of it has been converted into the Rio Grande Trail.
Rio Grande Trails runs into Puppy Smith Street.
A block south is Rio Grande Place.
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