Follow Up: State's Sale of Railroad Has Colorado's.POTD - 50 Years Ago, Waiting In A Winter Wonderland.POTD - Winter Snows Roll Freely By Amtrak's Califo.POTD - Looking Down The Line Toward Christmas.Regardless, it sounds like Englewood knows it has a treasure in that depot and won't let the station fall into the wrong hands. Now the question is, who wants a depot in need of some TLC? At least two parties are interested in the property, but whether that includes the depot as-is could be another matter. Regardless, he and others are glad the depot was saved. Kenton Forrest, archivist at the Richardson Library at the Colorado Railroad Museum, says that AT&SF officials likely were coerced into placing a station there for the City of Englewood's benefit. “There was Littleton and there was Denver, so the train would just barely get started and it’s got to stop,” he said. Exactly why the depot exists is perhaps a result of local politics. Now the city is examining whether they can sell the property and the building.Īccording to city official Dave Flaherty, the only other example of the depot's architecture is the station in Glorietta, New Mexico. Denvers Railroads by Albi, Charles, Forrest, Kenton and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Efforts to complete the restoration never came through. In 1998, the City of Englewood bought station and the lot, and donated the deed of the structure to the now-defunct Englewood Historical Society. According to Wednesday's Denver Post article, at the time of the move, the Colorado Historical Fund paid for a partial restoration. The depot sits perched on a lot, literally overhanging Dartmouth Avenue since it was moved there in 1994. View Historic Railroad Locations in Colorado in a larger map The depot was moved off of the rail line, which lies about a block to the west along Denver's Santa Fe Drive, part of US 85. It was built by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad in 1915. The City of Englewood, Colorado has entered its RFP process for selling a Santa Fe depot located at 3098 S.

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