Rabbit Ears and the C&S
After I shot the abandoned Colmor Cutoff line of ATSF, at Mt. Dora, New Mexico, I went nearby to watch the sun come up on the former Colorado & Southern Railway.
The two rounded peaks one sees on the horizon is Rabbit Ears Mountain—which was a landmark for the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail through this area. This site has additional information on this interesting geological feature.
The C&S, which ran between Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and Wendover, Wyoming, has intrigued me recently. (The portion in Texas was technically the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company.) It fell under control of the CB&Q in 1908 which was merged into the Burlington Northern in 1981. The BN, of course, was merged with the ATSF to form the BNSF Railway in 1995.
Two images by Richard Koenig; taken April 27th 2023.
