Railroad Station and Turntable (site)

315 Bear Creek Avenue
#26 on walking tour

1976 documentation: Built in 1873. It was the station for the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad. Freight transported consisted of: Building stone, some marble, lime, fence posts and lumber from sawmills along Bear Creek; hauled down by wagons to the train in Morrison. The train made its last scheduled run in 1925 and was abandoned after the 1933 flood. It played an important part in the history of Morrison.

#26. The railroad station served the town and its visitors until the early 1930s.
DPL X-11181.
View of the town looking west, #26 railroad turntable and station in the foreground. The freight cars are loaded with lime from Morrison’s kilns, one of which (located at #35) is visible above the railroad station roof.

Morrison was the terminus for the railroad. The turntable rotated the engines for the trip back to Denver. It is buried under the large parking lot in the middle of town. See photo below.

#26 Railroad Station, 315 Bear Creek Ave. (site) 2025 Photo

Spray painted circle marks the center of the railroad turntable. 2025 photo looking north toward #11 John Ross Hardware Building (Cafe Prague until early 2025)

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