The Moffat Road

THE MOFFAT ROAD By EDWARD T. BOLLINGER and FREDERICK BAUER. Sage Books, Denver, 1962. One of the great engineering marvels was the construction of the Moffat Tunnel over the Continental Divide, through the Rock Mountains and Colorado. The story of the Moffat Route of the Denver & Rio Grande Western begins in 1860 with a man called David Moffat. Moffat, aged 21 viewed Colorado as a land of endless opportunity. Coming from New York, he started up in Denver with a bookstore, then went into banking, invested in silver mines, then went into the railroad industry. He became a board member of the Denver & Rio Grande and then president of the company. This profusely illustrated book tells the story of the Moffat Road Railroad. Dark beige hardcover book with gold lettering on cover. 359 PAGES, with 430 illustrations in black and white. With Table of Illustrations; Appendices which contain detailed information of engines, snow plows, etc. Bibliography and Index. Illustrated end papers. Color frontispiece. Hardcover.