Ridgway Railroad Museum Silver Spike Ceremony, May 11, 2019

Yesterday was an eventful day in Ridgway, starting with the Silver Spike Ceremony of the Ridgway Railroad Museum. It commemorated not only the completion of Ridgway's own Rio Grande Southern in 1891, but 18 months of volunteers completing the half-mile loop and various side tracks and switches at the museum's new location on Railroad Street.
It also coincided with the anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, when a golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869. Mayor John Clark and museum president Karl Schaeffer in period costume moderated the event, which was followed by train rides for the public all day long.
The museum welcomes any time new volunteers who would like to join in ongoing work Tuesday and Saturday mornings. The Ridgway Railroad Museum is definitely one of the most fascinating and valuable assets of Ridgway!

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Almost 150 years to the day of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. How fitting! Job well done!