Boreas Pass Railroad Day, a return to the past

The towns of Como and Breckenridge host the 21st annual Boreas Pass Railroad Days Saturday, Aug. 20. Railroad Day is a joint effort of the Denver, South Park and Pacific Historical Society, South Park Ranger District,

South Park National Heritage Area, Como Civic Association, the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance and private citizens.

The event highlights the history of the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad with many historic buildings available for tours in both towns.

The DSP&P Railroad was the vision of Colorado Governor John Evans.

Governor Evan’s scheme was to have a railroad that ran from Denver all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

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We are very excited to continue our Foothills Adventures Bus Tours this weekend taking advantage of the Annual Boreas Pass Railroad Day with a "Railroad History Day" tour of Park County! We'll be picking everyone up at the RTD lot in Morrison between Parmalee Gulch Rd and N Turkey Creek Rd at 9am then heading out to Como to take part in the celebrations and see the historical sights. Our tour guide will be the incomparable Donna Beck from the Conifer Hostorical Society & Museum and 5th generation Conifer resident. From there we'll head down to Bailey for lunch at Rustic Station and to explore McGraw Park before ending our day. If you would like to reserve one of our limited seats, please call Sharon at 720-608-0285 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..