Photo ID: 105291 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Cotopaxi Cotopaxi, CO 2084 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific Looking west along the tracks from the grade crossing at Cotopaxi, the main track is more or less visible. The siding, on the other hand, is completely buried in weeds and bushes! In this picture, the siding is on the right side. Getting it cleared would be quite a chore! Note the signal in the distance, standing dark and unpowered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105290 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cotopaxi Cotopaxi, CO 2089 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific A switch stand! But to what? If you look closely, you will see switch points through the weeds. This is the west entrance to the house track at Cotopaxi. The bush in the middle of the siding is at least five feet tall at the top! Ironically, if you look closely at the switch stand, you'll notice that it remains locked with a standard switch padlock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105289 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cotopaxi Cotopaxi, CO 2125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific Here is a depressing sight for railfan eyes! Evidence of the mainline and the siding at Cotopaxi is almost non-existent, covered by years of weed growth. "The siding?", you may ask. While the mainline isn't too hard to spot toward the right side of the picture, you may not have noticed the rail head for the siding, just barely visible on the far left side of the image. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105288 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cotopaxi Cotopaxi, CO 2196 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific In the town of Cotopaxi, you will find this rather ironic sign at the grade crossing. No train has passed over these rails in over ten years, but because the line isn't officially abandoned, buses must still observe the standard safety rules at the crossing. The town of Cotopaxi was established by Jewish-Russian immigrants that sought to be farmers. With only four months of the year suitable for farming, most went on to work on construction of the rail line that now lays dormant. As of the 2010 census, there were 47 people living in Cotopaxi, named after the largest volcano in Ecuador. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.