 In 2011, under a federal Beautification Grant, a private contractor removed and scrapped the railroad's overhead signal pole lines.The D&RG also pushed west from Walsenburg, Colorado over La Veta Pass (now "Old La Veta Pass") by 1877.At the time the 'Uptop' depot on Veta Pass, rising over in elevation, boasted the highest elevation for a narrow-gauge railroad.