Denver & Rio Grande Western Depots by Clive & David Carter

: cover

I came to find these books at Amazon while I was looking for the picture of Cisco depot.

“Denver & Rio Grande Western Depots Vol. 1, Colorado” by Clive & David Carter, 156 pages, Createspace, 2013
“Denver & Rio Grande Western Depots Vol. 2, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico” by Clive & David Carter, 158 pages, Createspace, 2013

These books cover all the Rio Grande depots in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. Vol. 1 features depots of standard gauge Rio Grande line depots in Colorado. Vol. 2 features standard gauge Rio Grande line depots in Utah and narrow gauge line depots. Vol. 3 features other railroads’ depots in Colorado.

Carters collected the documents from Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) survey records, valuation update reports by the railroad and other company records.

Basically, each page has basic information of a depot: site altitude, built date, overall dimensions, material, moved/destroyed/retired date and the drawings from ICC records.

Carters also added plat maps and photos to most of (unfortunately not all) the depots. These will help us modeling accurate structures.

Here are the contents;
VOL. 1
004: Introduction
005: Overland Park to Salida
048: Brown Canon to Grand Jct.
080: Minnequa to Trinidad
096: Poncha Junction to Gunnison
106: Kezar to Whitewater
119: Villagrove to Alamosa
127: La Veta to Blanca
133: Branch Lines
154: Acknowledgements
155: Index

VOL. 2
003: Introduction
004: Monte Vista to Creede
010: Tres Piedras to Santa Fe
018: La Jara to Chama
027: Monero to Durango
040: Trimble to Silverton
046: Farmington & Other Lines
052: Utah Lines
091: Utah Branch Lines
125: Denver & Salt Lake
148: Rio Grande Southern
155: Acknowledgements
156: Index


ユタ州Cisco駅の資料を探していて、Amazonで見つけた本。コロラド・ユタ・ニューメキシコ各州にある／あったRio Grandeの駅舎を網羅する資料集である。自費出版のようでレイアウトなど素人っぽいが、基本的なデータは網羅されている。

駅毎にデータとして、所在地の標高・竣工年・概略寸法・工法／材料・解体年のほか、平／立／断面図・配置図・写真が示されている。図面は登記用の様なものらしく、開口部の位置・形状などが分からないのが残念。また全ての駅について図面や写真が示されている訳ではない。肝心のCiscoの写真は載っていなかった。模型制作にあたっては他資料を探し併せて作図する必要があるが、それでも大まかな寸法が分かるのはとてもありがたい。Rio Grandeファンには重宝する資料だと思う。