INTEGRITY The integrity of the three Railroad Resources has been assessed to determine if the characteristics that shaped the original construction within each period of significance are present as they were historically. Integrity is evaluated according to seven aspects or qualities: location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. The Railroad Resources retain integrity in design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The Railroad Resources have diminished integrity in location and setting as they are no longer in their original locations. Location All three rolling stock have been relocated from their original narrow-gauge railroad lines. Two were originally placed on display for public view in Central Park beginning in 1952. Caboose No. 04990 was put on display in 1975. In 1998, the City of Boulder set aside a train easement for their placement within the park. The three Railroad Resources are currently on display for interpretation and use at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. Setting Since the rolling stock are no longer associated with a railway and have been relocated to a museum setting and used as interpretive displays, the three Railroad Resources do not retain integrity of setting. Design, Materials and Workmanship The Railroad Resources retain integrity in design, materials, and workmanship. Modifications to Locomotive No. 30, Coach No. 280, and Caboose No. 04990 over time reflect the changes undertaken by various railroads during the period of significance. Each rolling stock has been restored to its historic appearance and materials replaced in-kind. Locomotive No. 30 is no longer operational and its restoration was only cosmetic. The rolling stock are routinely maintained by the Colorado Railroad Museum. Feeling The Railroad Resources retain their sense of feeling as historic narrow-gauge railroad resources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Association The Railroad Resources retain association with Colorado's transportation history. Integrity of association is somewhat diminished due to the rolling stock being displayed in a museum instead of as functioning railroad features.
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