<p style="text-align: center;">Just minutes off of I-285 S at Boreas Pass Rd, you will find the <em>not-really-there-anymore </em>Como Roundhouse.</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="5575" data-permalink="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/2019/11/06/como-roundhouse-i-285-s-at-boreas-pass-rd/7-25-a-como-round-house/" data-orig-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/7-25-a-Como-Round-House.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1296" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";8";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";ILCE-7RM3";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";1564052326";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";16";,";iso";:";100";,";shutter_speed";:";0.004";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";1";}" data-image-title="7-25 a Como Round House" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/7-25-a-Como-Round-House.jpg" data-large-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/7-25-a-Como-Round-House.jpg" class=" wp-image-5575 aligncenter" src="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/7-25-a-Como-Round-House.jpg" alt="Train roundhouse at Como CO" width="552" height="279" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once a repair shop for the Denver-South Park-Pacific narrow gauge Railroad, this 6 bay <img data-attachment-id="5576" data-permalink="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/2019/11/06/como-roundhouse-i-285-s-at-boreas-pass-rd/dsc01041-2/" data-orig-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01041-2.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";11";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";ILCE-7M2";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";1564052168";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";70";,";iso";:";100";,";shutter_speed";:";0.003125";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";1";}" data-image-title="DSC01041 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01041-2.jpg" data-large-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01041-2.jpg" class=" wp-image-5576 alignleft" src="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01041-2.jpg" alt="old decaying train car" width="285" height="190" />stone Roundhouse served the town of Como Colorado from 1881 to 1938.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There&#8217;s not much to see here now, but despite offering no picnic area or restroom, its worth a pause on your journey. This site has made it onto the National Register of Historic Places! It&#8217;s a quick 10 minute stop.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The tracks leading from here carried people and goods to Denver via Kenosha Pass, to Leadville and Breckenridge via the Boreas Pass, and to Gunnison via South Park &; the Alpine Tunnel.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img data-attachment-id="5586" data-permalink="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/2019/11/06/como-roundhouse-i-285-s-at-boreas-pass-rd/map/" data-orig-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/map.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";0";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";0";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";0";,";iso";:";0";,";shutter_speed";:";0";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";0";}" data-image-title="map" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/map.jpg" data-large-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/map.jpg" class="wp-image-5586 alignleft" src="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/map.jpg" alt="railroad map Fairplay CO" width="600" height="337" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">By 1910, the town of Como and the Roundhouse had reached their peak, and the<img data-attachment-id="5582" data-permalink="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/2019/11/06/como-roundhouse-i-285-s-at-boreas-pass-rd/dsc01047-2/" data-orig-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01047-2.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";11";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";ILCE-7M2";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";1564052299";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";42";,";iso";:";100";,";shutter_speed";:";0.008";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";1";}" data-image-title="DSC01047 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01047-2.jpg" data-large-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01047-2.jpg" class=" wp-image-5582 alignright" src="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01047-2.jpg" alt="old train yard in high mountain valley" width="268" height="178" /> Roundhouse had been expanded to a 13 bay facility. The Alpine Tunnel connecting Como with Gunnison by train caved-in that year, crippling the Railroad&#8217;s use of the area.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">By 1918, the Roundhouse was down to just 3 bays, and in 1935 those bays burned to the ground.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img data-attachment-id="5578" data-permalink="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/2019/11/06/como-roundhouse-i-285-s-at-boreas-pass-rd/dsc01042-2/" data-orig-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01042-2.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";10";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";ILCE-7M2";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";1564052172";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";70";,";iso";:";100";,";shutter_speed";:";0.008";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";1";}" data-image-title="DSC01042 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01042-2.jpg" data-large-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01042-2.jpg" class=" wp-image-5578 alignleft" src="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01042-2.jpg" alt="DSC01042 (2)" width="260" height="173" />The last train pulled out of Como taking up the wooden tracks behind it in 1938, and Como&#8217;s life as a railroad town was over.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All that survives of the Roundhouse today is it&#8217;s stone section, but work to restore the site began in<img data-attachment-id="5579" data-permalink="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/2019/11/06/como-roundhouse-i-285-s-at-boreas-pass-rd/dsc01043-2/" data-orig-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01043-2.jpg" data-orig-size="6000,4000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";8";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";ILCE-7M2";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";1564052220";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";70";,";iso";:";100";,";shutter_speed";:";0.01";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";1";}" data-image-title="DSC01043 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01043-2-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01043-2-1024x683.jpg" class=" wp-image-5579 alignleft" src="https://roadtripsandtinytrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC01043-2.jpg" alt="old train car behind pine trees" width="268" height="179" /> 1985. I can&#8217;t say that there&#8217;s much to see at this point, but it&#8217;ll be worth keeping an eye on in the future!</p>
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