Dave Acheson’s Colorado Joint Line
This Layout was featured in the August 2017 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman*
* Permission to use images obtained by publisher
HO scale, 1970's Pueblo, Co to Denver's 38th St Yard. Branch line to Golden, CO, home of Coor's Beer.
Run ATSF, BN, DRGW, and RI trains. See unit coal trains and unit grain trains. Coors special Insulated Box cars (18).
Work locals on the RI, ATSF and DRGW.
Run ATSF, BN, DRGW, and RI trains. See unit coal trains and unit grain trains. Coors special Insulated Box cars (18).
Work locals on the RI, ATSF and DRGW.
Layout Accessability Information
Entrance to the layout is up three steps to the house front door, through the entryway hallway, then down a flight of steps to the basement crew lounge and train room.
Layout at a Glance
Layout at a glance
- HO scale
- CTC-80 still working well.
- Radios available.
- Scenery 99% done.
- Larkspur bridge and Palmer Lake are new.
- Sugar Beet train is in season.
Jobs on the Layout
Jobs on the Layout
- Two yards..38th Street, and Rice Yard. (3 yard jobs)
- Coors yard, with Coors painted engine. (2 operators)
- Locals, through trains
- short Limon to Colorado Springs RI train
- Sugar train
- Coal train (C.S.D.of P.U.) train, BN coal
- ATSF grain train, etc.
About the Layout Owner
About the Layout Owner
Where did I get the idea of the Joint Line? I was born in Chicago, lived down state 18 years....nope, no Colorado experience.
I traveled as a "zipper" salesman and the boss gave me new territory....Colorado! I am a ATSF fan, so I tend to run a few too many Santa Fe trains.
I traveled as a "zipper" salesman and the boss gave me new territory....Colorado! I am a ATSF fan, so I tend to run a few too many Santa Fe trains.
More about the Layout
More About the Layout
Large crew quarters!
Photo Gallery
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F-units
C&S bringing a cut of cars to Coors
Coors Brewery power plant unloading track
J D Spicher switching Castle Rock industries
Jeff Needham switching the Coors Brewery
John Acheson at the dispatcher's desk
Nick Tomei working the 38th Street Yard
Dave Acheson (Achie-Bob) at Golden, CO - Coors Beer
Coor's switcher
Coor's Bulk Plant, Glass Lining Plant, and Can Plant
Power Plant to the right, Coor's brewery on the left
Color’s can plant
Downtown Denver, 38th Street Yard
38th St. Yards, Denver, Co., 23rd St. is in the background
38th Street Yard, Denver
Goodson Elevator and Silver Cup Bread mill
Rice Yards and Acheson Gas Co. home offices
South Denver business district
Steel and Iron Works and Edward F. Decline Co.
Gates Rubber Plant
Con Agra Grain
Big Lift auto unloading tracks
Conoco Refinery at Big Lift
"The Falls" Castle Rock, CO
Great Western Sugar Plant, (sugar beets), Castle Rock, CO.
Ralston Purina, Castle Rock
Larkspur bridge
CSDPU pwer
John Breau And Sons Fertilizers and Chemicals Spruce, CO
GFC Grain Colorado Springs
Downtown Colorado Springs
Me at the board (old radio term)