Railroad Right of way size

[hopeyeu]

Need some help on Railroad ROW size. I'm researching a property near South Fork Colorado which has a D&RGW RR ROW listed. The Federal document is C 093991 dated 5-12-1885. Another document C 42126 Dated 1-8-1988 indicates an exclusion. A BLM map has 100' beside the document number. I presume this means the width of the ROW however don't know whether it means 50' on either side or 100' on either side.
I would like to obtain a copy of the original document but not sure where to get it although I have sent an email to the BLM map section for help.
Can any one enlighten me and/or a source for the documents.
Also any help on the nature of RR ROW and how they differ from normal ROW's would be helpful.
TIA

 

[bcp]

http://coloradorailroadmuseum.org/ has lots of the old records. You may have to go there to see maps.

Bruce

 

[Bob]

Railroad right of ways were typically 100 feet wide. But that varied, quite a bit. I think you're on the right track (pun intended) by trying to get the property maps. That's really the only way to know.