Cisco Railroad Siding Town

Highway 6 interstate 70 near the colorado border is the crusty railroad town of cisco utah.

Cisco railroad siding town.

And it survived long enough into the 20th century to be assigned a zip code 84515. Cisco is still served by the union pacific railroad where a rail siding remains. Approximate location of yamato colony packing house at railroad siding courtesy jim pike. You ll find cisco along a lonely stretch of state route 128 near the border of utah and colorado.

Baking in the relentless desert sun just off u s. Railroad siding and main track on left at yamato colony site courtesy jim pike. Cisco started in the 1880s as a saloon and water refilling station for the denver and rio grande western railroad. Cisco started in the 1880s as a saloon and water refilling station for the denver and rio grande western railroad.

The town is about half way along to the south near the point where the railway crosses the road a siding is still in regular use and the approximately one hundred buildings are visible from some distance away across the flat otherwise rather featureless surroundings though in the distance are ranges of reddish hills and cliffs including those enclosing the colorado river close to the colorado stateline. Browse maps pictures and histories of abandoned railroad lines in the state of california. Cisco utah located near the junction of i 70 and state route 128 in grand county contains many relics of a typical old west railroad town. By 1882 two railroads had entered the vicinity.

While waiting for a tow truck i went up the hill and found this old town. We were on our way to california and broke down at exit 6 in southern oregon. The truck was in the. The town was bypassed with the completion of i 70 through the area but is still accessible by way of exit 204.

The community of red gap was started when a few families settled near the future town of cisco in 1878 79. Click here for the interactive map which will allow you to find directions to cisco from your home. Truly looking like something out of a scary movie where a driver s car breaks down and he or she disappears forever this now quiet town was not always so. And it survived long enough into the 20th century to be assigned a zip code 84515.

Cisco is listed as a control city for sr 128 although the highway does not enter cisco. Approximate location of yamato colony train depot east side of main track at site courtesy jim pike. The texas pacific railway building west from ft. Cisco utah located near the junction of i 70 and state route 128 in grand county contains many relics of a typical old west railroad town.