10-07-2009, 01:00 PM
Nice photos, MountainMan, and that's some tricycle! 
Just this morning I was reading a book review on the latest volume of the Colorado Rail Annual, from the Colorado Railroad Museum. The book deals mainly with the charcoal and coking industry, along with smelting and, of course, the railroads which were an integral part of those industries. From what I've read, you could probably include some beehive coke or charcoal ovens somewhere along your line, as small operations of them were once quite common.
You're fortunate, too, to have so much historical information available on both the location and era which you've chosen to model.
Wayne
Just this morning I was reading a book review on the latest volume of the Colorado Rail Annual, from the Colorado Railroad Museum. The book deals mainly with the charcoal and coking industry, along with smelting and, of course, the railroads which were an integral part of those industries. From what I've read, you could probably include some beehive coke or charcoal ovens somewhere along your line, as small operations of them were once quite common.
You're fortunate, too, to have so much historical information available on both the location and era which you've chosen to model.
Wayne