Let's not fail this Tennessee Pass

摘要

Look at that butterfly. Wow, what dynamic coloring. It's just bouncing from flower to flower, and there are some old railroad crossties... but the nature surrounding us is just incredible. It happens way too often: abandoned railroad tracks converted into nature/walk/ bike trails. The transition also is known as Rails to Trails. It's when a region moves away from the dynamic power of a chugging economy and instead goes with a plan that fills you with fresh air, provides scenery that is soft on the eyes, and has people going out to buy a new pair of comfortable walking shoes. I really do not mind that adaptation, as long as there is a certainty the railroad that will soon be swallowed by vegetation has zero chance of serving agriculture and industry any time in the future. The Tennessee Pass winds through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad put together a narrow gauge railroad over the Tennessee Pass in 1881 as part of its extension to the Aspen area in an attempt to beat the Colorado Midland's standard gauge route to the rich mining area.