I forgot to note when I started reading this but I'm sure it took me a month BUT it was not for boredom or the usual writing style that comes with many RR books.

Mr. Turner did one heck of a job on this: (1) the history of these lines is clearly a lot more interesting than many histories. . . being the major narrow gauge operation in North America didn't hurt; (2) the side bars on many pages help one understand the people that kept this "mistake(my opinion)" stay alive as long as it did and convinced many in Colorado and New Mexico this unique piece of history had to be saved and (3)the many photos of it over the years both in personal collections and in the Denver Public Library Collection are nothing short of spectacular.

Colorado is spectacular RR country and adding narrow gauge to it really causes it to be addicting. There is a quote from an essay that David P. Morgan, " Mr. Trains Magazine" for many years" that starts with the title "The Wide, Wide World of Narrow Gauge. . ." which probably explains why I'm hooked. Someone says it gets in your blood. . .is that why my blood type is "RR(sic)"?

The book takes the history up to 2003. 2020 is the 50th anniversary of CTSR. If the special issue of Trains Magazine is even close to this book, it will be a wonderful add on read. We'll see. ( )