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The Maxwell Collection

General Discussion
#1

Does anyone know what has happened to this wonderful resource?

Bob C.

#2

The last I heard a while back that his son may or may not want to continue the collection.

#3

John,

The last I looked the domain had been relinquished, and the web site was gone. The last information posted on the site was inconclusive. I interpreted the sites disappearance as a bad sign. Does anyone know how to get in touch with the son??

Bob C.

#4

From what I’ve herd, The Colorado Railroad Museum is in talks with the family attorney on obtaining the
collection. John’s second son, Wally passed several weeks ago, so that leaves just Doug left of his son’s.
The collection is in Doug possession right now.
Rodney

#5

Rodney,

Thanks for the update. I was hoping something like that would transpire. John’s collection of narrow gauge data, and D&RGW in particular would almost have been criminal to loose. Should the Museum acquire it, I hope they will make it available as John did.

Bob C.

#6

This sounds interesting, could some one give a little deeper background about “The Maxwell Collection”?

#7

John Maxwell had an extensive collection of drawing and photograph of many of the western narrow gauge railroads along with some standard gauge. He had a web site where this information could be purchased. The site closed when he passed away (about 2 years ago) and the family posted on the site at that time they had not made a decision as to whether the site would continue. It had been some time since I had checked the site, but as I posted earlier, when I checked the site a couple of weeks ago it had been taken down completely. If as Rodney alludes above, The Colorado Railroad Museum is negotiating on the collection, then at least the information will not be lost to the interested public.

Hope this helps, and if I have any of this wrong I welcome being corrected.

Bob C.

#8

Thanks Bob. I didn’t know anything about this or didn’t remember that I knew anything about this.

#9

A lot of my books on Colorado NG (and other states) some of the photos are credited to John Maxwell.
I never bought the entire DVD; now wished I would have.

#10

Glad to hear the Colorado RR Museum has contacted the Maxwell family. Seems like an appropriate place for the collection to ‘live’ since the Maxwell family lived in the Denver area. I do remember his son Wally working at the museum several years ago.

I agree with others - it would be a regrettable loss if this resource was not still available to the public.

Jerry