5873 Feet - Parker Depot - Parker, CO
N 39° 30.990 W 104° 45.762
13S E 520398 N 4374122
Elevation of Parker on the former Denver & New Orleans R.R. depot.
Waymark Code: WMGE9M
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2013
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Located atop the
Parker Depot building, this sign prominently features the town name and elevation. The sign also gives the distances from Parker to Melvin (8.4 mi) and Hilltop (7.6 mi). The climb to Hilltop was the steepest along the line and a helper engine was stationed at Parker.
The depot served the Denver & New Orleans Railroad from 1882 to 1936. It now provides office space and houses the Denver & New Orleans Railroad Club which operates a model railroad in the basement. The depot has several other relics for railfans including an orange Rio Grande caboose, a semaphore signal and RR crossing signal. The business directory is even laid out in the format of a time table.