User Srwalden

My Userboxes This user is a citizen of the United States of America. This user is a citizen of the U.S. State of Colorado. This user edits articles about Colorado State Highways. This user has visited 35 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. 35 This user has Celtic ancestry. This user is interested in the History of the United States of America. This user is interested in Bermuda. This user would tell you he's a cartographer but he's not. This editor is an Apprentice Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge. My Media This user Will Show You a Place Where the Streets Have No Name. 1, 2, 3... This userbox is a test. Please tell this user if you don't see it. MB This user rejects your reality and substitutes his own! My Memberships This user participates in WikiProject Colorado. This user is a participant in WikiProject Christian music.

Basic Stuff

Srwalden, known as Steve to his friends, is a freelance writer and fifth-generation Colorado native. His areas of self-directed study are railroads and Colorado history, and especially where these two interests meet. Broader interests are transportation, communications, meteorology, astronomy, American history and American space exploration. To know who he is, look no further than his relationships with his Savior Jesus Christ, his wife of 31 years, and his children, whom he dotes upon unabashedly.

Pursuits

I live with disability day by day through the power of faith, hope, and love and the believe in the true Source of those three aspects of life. I deal primarily with the symptoms of ME-CFS, a soul-crushing, frustrating and unrelenting disease. I also deal with a related condition called Chiari Malformation Type I, which affects my ability to sleep, swallow, and regulate my body.

Prior to losing most of my abilities to enjoy an active life, I loved Jeeping, hiking, skiing, soaking, and fishing in Colorado. Today, I still look in on these sports from time to time as the technology allows. In particular, I use some games on the PC and PS2 platforms to explore these sports, but it's really not the same. Unfortunately, my body no longer benefits from exercise and play at altitude.

I am also the editor of a blog called Colorado Railroads. Before my chronic illness, I was very active in Colorado and got to experience a great deal of Colorado's rich railroad history. While I spend nearly all of my time indoors, I still use technology to get out and explore this wonderful state. My favorite heritage railroads are:

1. Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango
2. Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in Antonito
3. Georgetown Loop Railroad in Georgetown
4. Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden
5. Leadville Colorado and Southern in Leadville
6. Royal Gorge Route in Cañon City

My favorite historic railroads are

1. Rio Grande
2. Rio Grande Southern especially their Galloping Gooses
3. Colorado & Southern successor to the Denver, South Park and Pacific
4. Uintah
5. Argentine Central
6. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe
7. Burlington Northern
8. Union Pacific

Aside from these basic things, I'm pretty much a stereo-typical Coloradoan. I like Coors Light once in a great while. I love Celestial Seasonings tea. I'd slap the Colorado flag on everything I own if I could. A perfect weekend would involve skiing at Vail, a huge Beau Jo's Mountain Pie in Idaho Springs followed by a long soak in Glenwood Springs (which is an incredible amount of driving on I-70!). Speaking of driving, I love taking Colorado Highway 5 to the end, especially at sunset.

God bless you for reading this far! If you did, please drop me a line using my username at Gmail. - Srwalden (talk) 19:46, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Plans, Projects and Ideas

• Create pages for smaller Colorado railroads.
• Create pages for specific pieces of railroading history in Colorado, such as locomotives D&RGW Consolidations 315 and 346 as well as D&RGW 268 and 278.
• General proofing and fact checking for what I read.

I'm also starting this article in preparation for updating it on WP: User:Srwalden/Rail transport in Colorado.

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