The Story of The Como Project

Chuck and Kathy Brantigan bought the Denver, South Park & Pacific's Como roundhouse in 2002 to preserve it. In 2016 they started the South Park Rail Society and acquired a 1912 Baldwin Prairie type steam locomotive "Klondike Kate." She was built for the Klondike railroad in Canada and also operated on the White Pass & Yukon railroad out of Skagway, AK.
Many volunteers have helped with restoring the Como campus, including the original Como depot, track construction, and rebuilding the water tank.
Recently they acquired the Como hotel and have plans to refurbish it. Over a miles worth of rail is now on site and it is hoped to extend the tracks to the site of the King wye on the other side of the valley.
Como is becoming a recognized site for rail fans from all over to immerse themselves in the heritage of Colorado narrow gauge railroading.
For more information visit: www.southparkrailsociety.org. and dspphs.org
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Cameraman Notes:
This was made with a Sony PXW-X70, a pair of Sony PXW-Z150s, and a DJI Osmo Pocket 2 and a SJI Mavic Pro 2 drone. Audio was from Sennheiser MKH 416-P48U3 and MKE 600 microphones and a Blue Yeti Pro microphone.

[@microbusss]

gotta go here someday
oh I saw a model of the roundhouse in a magazine & the roundhouse had locomotive headlights on the building!

[@markthomas6436]

Neat story! I was out there in October, 2022. Como is a special place. I painted some of the primer on the water tank base timbers, with Bob Shoppe.

[@JamesMackayColorado]

Come back & visit - much work remains! ;-)

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

A very interesting project, will work continue on it? Thanks for the video and best regards from Germany.

[@JamesMackayColorado]

Yes, we have a full mile's worth (1.6km) of rail on site to build more track this summer. Also, we are building a water tank!