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Mos tof these places were probably built by one or two guys with limited tools. So wood was probably the easiest and most plentiful materials available. There were no towns to go to get help, stone mason s, etc. So wood it was. The train station in Black Hawk is all brick, as most of the town's buildings are brick / stone - but labor to build them was available here in the big city.

Some pics from last year when I was up there on my XR. Knew there was a box car up there!

Route...

Couple of hours later and I'm home. A pic of our abandoned railway station here in Black Hawk...

One last ranch home in Tarryall before I head out...

A couple of open range pics. One thing we have here is open land. Lots and lots of open land...

Some more of Tarryall's best and finest homes...

Old farm across the street. Who knew that they had caravans back then?

Old homestead cabin in Tarryall....

100 miles later and I'm passing through what used to a be a town called Tarryall. The Tarryall School, built in 1898, is slightly more spartan than Fairp[lay's school...

Making a big loop to turn back north to get home and I pass the Fairplay School in Fairplay, CO...

At the western bottom of the Pass are a steam engine and other cars used on Boreras. Quite the snow shovel on the first car...

The views across the valley are of Breckenridge Ski Resort - you can see the ski runs carved out of the woods...

10 miles later......

The view from up here ain't bad at all...

About 5 miles down the hill from the Station House is the water tank...

I swear to God, the last time I was here there was a train car sitting on these now empty tracks. That was about a year ago. Have no idea where it went. Probably those fuckin' gypsys - they'll steal anything!

We're at 12,000'-ish above sea level here. Nice and cool as well as beautiful...

Built in 1880, this is where the train workers spent the night during their trek westward...

Cresting the Pass, the old Station House comes into view....

Stopped for some piccies and a drink and was joined by this guy...

I tried to get up and over Boreas earlier this year, but the Pass was clsoed. Wide open today. This road used to be a train track; the route to Breckenridge from Denver and the east. Beginning of the pass...

There are! And a train car left there at 12,000' feet up on the Pass. I tried to get there once before this summer and the road was closed off. Gonna try again today and see if it's open. Pics to follow....

I'd leave it for another week - looks good right now. Glad we don't have lawns here. Headed out to ride an old train route today. They pulled up the tracks and now it's just a dirt road for me to ride on.

Update for Pete: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/us/colorado-bear-kitchen-trnd/index.html