Robert Stears:

Bob's interest in railroading began in early childhood with frequent weekend family trips exploring Colorado ghost town, mining and railroad history.  After seeing the last days of the Narrow Gauge during a trip to Alamosa, Chama and Durango in the mid '60's, he began scratch building Colorado prototypes as a means of experiencing the roads of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Bob has always sought the connection between the models and the prototypes of the past and has often said "we need to bring these prototypes back to life through our models."  Bob especially enjoys scratch building models of seldom modeled early Colorado narrow gauge equipment.  He considers himself to be a historian, researchers and model builder.  He is especially interested in the DSP&P, C&S, F&CC, Colorado & Northwestern Colorado Midland and the D&RG.  Although Bob currently doesn't have a layout, a pike centered on the Leadville area prior to the 1893 silver crash is definitely in his future.  Bob collects Sn3 and On3 brass models as well as a few HO scale models of the broad gauge Colorado Midland, C&S and D&RGW.  He also collects photos and post cards of his favorite prototypes and has a wonderful collection of Colorado railroad passes.  Bob's role with The Cimarron Works is what might be loosely called general manager and accountant and he plays an important role in kit production.  As cofounder, along with Bill Meredith in the spring of 2003, The Cimarron Works would not exist without him.  Bob is kept additionally busy with his family of 5 and as a Radiologist in Laramie, Wyoming.

William Meredith:

Bill has always been interested in trains and especially model trains and had several train sets before discovering and moving into Colorado Narrow Gauge at the age of 12.  This move was precipitated by an article on an HOn3 layout in the February 1976 RMC.  After spending 8 years modeling the RGS and D&RGW Third Division in HOn3, it was the PBL display that prompted a move to Sn3.  In 1988, the DSP&P bug hit and Bill has been immersed in recreating the DSP&P in Sn3 ever since.  In 1995, Bill formed "South Park Finescale" and produced several brass kits and RTR models of the DSP&P Mason Bogie 2-8-6 and Cooke 2-8-0 in Sn3 and the Mason 2-8-6 in On3.  Bill Meredith and Robert Stears formed The Cimarron Works in the Spring of 2003 to address the lack of products and general knowledge of the pre-depression era narrow gauge in Colorado.  Bill's roles at Cimarron include, pattern and master maker, decal production, and product management.  When not working on new masters for upcoming products, Bill spends much time custom building locomotives for clients.  Bill lives in Ottawa with his family of four and is building the DSP&P in his basement.  Bill's day job is a Sales Engineer for a software company that provides OSS solutions to Tier 1 carriers.

Derrell Poole:

Derrell was exposed to Model Railroading in his early childhood when his brother received an HO train set for his 5th birthday.  In his early teens he became interested in Narrow Gauge railroading under the influences of Beebe & Clegg, Dow Helmers and Mac Poor.  History became a very important part of his hobby and as a young man he became quite involved with the study of such prototypes as the Colorado & Southern and Denver South Park and Pacific.  Derrell is the author of nearly 20 articles in various publications on the historical aspects of these roads and has developed many plans on the rolling stock.  In the early '90's he operated "The C&S Connection" to market his plans, original parts and Custom Building Services.  Like Bob and Bill he believes in the connection between accurate model building and the prototypes.  His models have won numerous awards but he has always maintained that the models are subordinate to the experience of history.  In the summer of 2006 Derrell joined The Cimarron Works as their Distribution Manager.  He is also involved with Kit Development.  He is currently building a layout of the C&S Trout Creek Pass Route in his basement - over, through and under Cimarron Works products.  Derrell is a Cadd Operator and 3D Simulator and animator by trade and is equally at home building models on the bench or on the computer.

Doug Junda:

Doug has always been interested in trains and, like most people, his first experience was a American Flyer set at Christmas.  His first true interest in Model Railroading started by modeling the Santa Fe in HO.  At age 15 he joined a model railroad club in New York and learned how to truly build a model railroad.   In the mid 70’s he became interested in modeling Colorado Narrow Gauge after a trip to that State and began building MDC, Kemtron and Keystone engines in Hon3.  Doug switch to 3/16 scale narrow gauge in the late 70's after meeting a few Sn3 modeler at Harry's Depot in New York.  Doug moved to Colorado in the early 80's.  He met Bill Meredith a number of years ago thru the old DSPP mail group. Doug models the C&S and has a strong interest in the Maine two foot lines.   Doug purchased the Design Tech Models S Scale line from Doug Heitkamp,  and the O scale line from Foothill's Models, and started to produce these kits again.  Doug still lives in Colorado with his wife and two kids and is employed in the IT field.  He joined the Cimarron Works and has entered the Design Tech Models line into the ProtoWest family of companies.