Castle Rock    Pacific

and

R  a  i  l   r  o  a  d      C  o  m  p  a  n  y

Every railroad needs a reason to exist.  The Castle Rock and Pacific is no different than the rest.  If you play our construction video, here is what you will discover...

Home Page

The Castle Rock & Pacific was conceived to support the U. S. Navy's Top Secret Project X-Ray.  Bats were equipped with incendiary devices and released from bombers in aerodynamic cages fitted with barometric locks.  As the "bat bombs" neared their targets, the doors were opened releasing the deadly bats.  The bats would then roost under the eaves of enemy buildings.  When the timers on the incendiary devices expired, the flames would set the bats free while simultaneously starting fires on the roofs of enemy structures. The Castle Rock & Pacific Railroad was originated as a covert means of transporting the bats from the mountain caves in Colorado to the secret site of Project X-Ray. Project X-Ray was never successful; however, the Castle Rock & Pacific survived not as a bat hauler but as a shit hauler.  The bat guano, high in nitrates, was found to be useful in the manufacture of high explosives during the conflict and was later used in high quality fertilizers during post war recovery. The Castle Rock & Pacific has been in high cotton and deep shit ever since...

If you find this story hard to believe, you are not alone - but check this out.  For more information do an internet search on "project x-ray".

On the model railroad, the Castle Rock and Pacific (reporting marks = CRAP, rather appropriate for a guano hauler don't you think?) is only a short line interchange with the larger Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande joint line from Caslte Rock, Colorado to Galveston, Texas.  Major industrial themes represent the livestock and textile industries.  Other industries will appear as real estate and trackage allow.

Want to read more about Project X-Ray?  Find a copy of the now out of print "Bat Bomb" by Jack Couffer.