Thanks Charles, it is constant battle with the British weather whilst trying to create Colorado in Essex let alone the lack of mountains! Luckily this year has been a particularly dry summer so some parts of the line do sort of resemble the dry plains. Heavy pruning on the trees has been done as, although they are dwarf varieties, they still grow tooooooo fast!
Do you have any photos of the real CZ or Ski ?
If the 'replacement Ski Train' is introduced it would be good for all of those skiers as it would take the load of the roads in winter and also for the Denver dwellers to get to the park in summer. It is also good to hear that there is a lobby behind it but it still will not have the same kudos as the original somehow...........
............but, if as Spike posted, the SL&RG become involved and the train is dressed up in the same livery as the recent Ski Train and pulled by some half decent power, well things might not be too bad.
going from one site to the other it's like playing cat and mouse 
