Denver Circle Railroad - 1880\'s dated Colorado Railway Unissued Stock Certific For Sale

Unissued stock. Unique village scene with two trains vignette. Mint Condition! Scarce! Denver Circle Rail Road Company operated from 1880 to 1886 which absorbed into the Denver and Santa Fe Railway, then to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Denver Circle Rail Road Company - Incorporated: Nov 1880 Construction: Dec 1881 - 1886 First Train: Jan 1882 Operated: Feb 1882 - Jun 1887 Predecessors: none Headquarters: Denver, Colorado Main line: south side of Denver Trackage: 6.2 miles (narrow gauge; 35 Ib. rails; 5.0% maximum grade) Traffic: passengers Disposition: sold to Denver & Santa Fe Railway in Jun 1887 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The railroad reached the Kansas\"Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farmland from the land grants that it was awarded by Congress. Despite being chartered to serve the city, the railroad chose to bypass Santa Fe, due to the engineering challenges of the mountainous terrain. Eventually a branch line from Lamy, New Mexico, brought the Santa Fe railroad to its namesake city. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at one time or another it operated an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway, and a tugboat fleet. Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The ATSF was the subject of a popular song, Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.

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