Company History: The COLO was the product of the 1938 reorganization of the Colorado-Kansas Railroad with a 22 mile line from Pueblo northwest to Stone City, Colorado. The power for this line was a former Fox & Illinois Union electric box motor that had been converted with a gas engine. Stone City was the source for Turkey Creek Sandstone used in a number of buildings in Pueblo. The Colorado Railroad closed in 1957.
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