Isaac French, 27 bought the old train car for just £2,300 from a farmer who lived nearby. 3 Isaac bought the abandoned train carriage for £2,300 Credit: CNBC Make It.

'My dad bought this 120-year-old train car for $2,000. It was a rotting, cat-infested wreck. But after investing $147,000 and five months of work, we redeemed it.

Old train stations once gave Coloradans transportation options on tracks that crisscrossed the state. Now they're restoring them -- whether or not they ever see another train.