Colorado Midland Railway Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colorado_Midland_Railway_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Busk-Ivanhoe_Tunnel
gptkb:Hagerman_Pass
gptkbp:dissolved 1918
gptkbp:foundedYear 1883
gptkbp:gauge standard gauge
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Colorado_Springs,_Colorado
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colorado Midland Railway Company
gptkbp:length approximately 275 miles
gptkbp:mainLine Colorado Springs to Grand Junction, Colorado
gptkbp:notable_for first standard gauge railroad to cross the Continental Divide in Colorado
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Busk-Ivanhoe_Tunnel
gptkb:Hagerman_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:John_J._Hagerman
gptkbp:notableEvent bankruptcy in 1897
abandoned in 1918
reorganized in 1899
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:John_J._Hagerman
Albert E. Carlton
gptkbp:parentCompany Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (partial ownership)
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (partial ownership)
gptkbp:primary_freight gptkb:coal
gptkb:cryptocurrency
gptkb:livestock
passengers
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Aspen,_Colorado
gptkb:Leadville,_Colorado
gptkb:Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado
gptkb:Cripple_Creek,_Colorado
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Midland_Terminal_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colorado_Midland_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8