C&S Photos on eBay.

[Chris Walker]

 Paul,  there are several, try searching Georgetown Loop on the DPL....

also been served up in here  http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/Yet-Another-DPL-Gem-Unseen-Clear-Creek-td2400.html

[Jim Courtney]

Another one for you, Chris:


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Colorado-Southern-Railway-Dumont-Colorado-Depot-Clear-Creek-County-Colorado/352357703620?hash=item520a27dfc4:g:QqEAAOSwW8Ra~ZCf





The photo is labeled "Dumont" but it is obviously a panorama of the West end of Idaho Springs.  Interesting things in the enlargements posted:





The boxcar lettering suggests a date of 1901-1906. The taller boxcar at the left end of the string of cars is one of the 1899 St Charles boxcars, still with delivery lettering scheme.





Down by the water tank, is it my imagination, or is that a very steep spur leading down toward the creek, ending below a petroleum storage tank??

[Jeff Young]

Possibly a road that crosses at the water tank?

[Chris Walker]

The Boxcar is on the Oil Siding, probably a pathway or access road: certainly not a Siding.  Very nice addition to the Chamberlain pre-Dec-1907.

The street crossing is /was 5th Ave.

[Jim Courtney]

Possibly a road that crosses at the water tank?

I think you're right, Jeff:


http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/3381/rv/singleitem/rec/14



No sign of a turnout near the water tank; the spur for unloading seems to be on the other side of the mainline. The low position of the storage tank likely made maximal use of gravity for unloading product.

[Jim Courtney]

And once again, separated by an entire hemisphere, Chris and Jim post at the same instant!


BTW, Chris, as new photos of Idaho Springs turn up, do you think that you could copy and insert them in sequence, into the appropriate chapter of your various threads of Idaho Springs? Every month or so, I think of a question about I.S. and find myself going back to your threads as a reference source.

And not to make work for you, but if you could possibly post a new thread as a Table of Contents for your Idaho Springs posts, with links to each of your chapters? I think you have put together here, on the Discussion Forum, one of the best comprehensive photo discussions on mining in Idaho Springs. While the search engine here is good, I have trouble remembering which thread a given mill or industry was located.

[Chris Walker]

Funny you say that Jim,  

I had the intention of doing exactly that along with an overview of I.S. that directed the viewer to the previous threads.  I have had a couple of new views to insert, ones you missed  with the reasons you listed above, this coming Winter but have been rather distracted here on account of the extended fine weather and completion of my Mine Motor.

Stay Thirsty.

[Jim Courtney]

I've been thinking along these lines, too. There is so much information now on the Forum, after several years of everyone's contributions, but it is getting harder to find specific things, even using the search engine.

What would you think of the Idaho Springs overview, with chapter links, being a "sticky" that Daryl could pin to the top of the forum? Like Jeff's timeline?

I was considering doing something similar with "South Park Division Stations" listing individual threads per specific locations by milepost.

What say you, other tenants of Roper -- would this be of use?

[South Park]

  Anything that involves lots of photos and historical intel
gets a thumbs up from me.  

[Chris Walker]

FWIW There was this http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/Track-Plan-tp5176p5181.html  (was slightly out of date: updated now) I.S. Mills overview I posted in response to Gerard's question

[South Park]

Put another star on your crown, Sir.  Your awesomeness knows
no bounds !  

[Chris Walker]

Keith Hayes wrote

Well, this is a fine way to identify all the passenger cars used in the era.

What is the white/ light car in the upper right image?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TsEAAOSw9GhYk7p8/s-l1600.jpg
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DENVER-RIO-GRANDE-WESTERN-RR-TRAIN-GEORGETOWN-COLORADO-LOOP-SANBORN-RPPC/332189911724?hash=item4d580fcaac:g:TsEAAOSw9GhYk7p8

[Ken Martin]

Chris,

This is baggage #2. Two doors and nine clerestory windows. Baggage #1 has 13 clerestory windows.

Ken Martin

[Jim Courtney]

Two photos along the west side of Boreas:

Looking down the grade at Illinois Gulch. The newly constructed Gold Pan Shops are in the distance.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Colorado-Southern-Railway-Breckenridge-Colorado-1903-E-Peabody-Photograph/352361592132?hash=item520a633544:g:34gAAOSwVK9bBCE9





Near Rocky Point, with the east bound passenger train.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Colorado-Southern-Railway-Passenger-Train-Rocky-Point-Breckenridge-Colorado/232778045306?hash=item3632a7177a:g:eZgAAOSwRNRbBCMT





The locomotive is a recently rebuilt Cooke 2-6-0 with Columbine emblem on the cab; the rounded dome tops suggest number 9.
Note RPO 13, before the end platforms were removed and the mail compartment rebuilt. Another of the tall window observation coaches trails the consist.

[Chris Walker]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Colorado-Central-Railroad-Engine-13-with-crew-near-Georgetown-CO-8x10-Photo/302751740909?hash=item467d68f3ed:g:U2QAAOSwc~5bCw9Y



https://www.ebay.com/itm/Denver-South-Park-Pacific-DSP-P-Engine-42-at-Trout-Creek-Pass-8x10-Photo/302754940865?hash=item467d99c7c1:g:1iMAAOSwIedbCkkJ

[Jim Courtney]

Listed on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Georgetown-Colorado-Southern-Railway-Rotary-Snowplow-Negative-Print/352402756009?hash=item520cd751a9%3Ag%3AqwEAAOSwVMtbRmkv&_sop=10&_nkw=colorado+%26+southern&_sacat=35975&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=1





Listing states location as Georgetown, but that's not possible -- our recent thread on the Blackhawk water tank established that the Rotary was only run up Clear Creek during the winter of 1913-1914.

The locomotives have Ridgeway spark arresters, so photo is likely after 1920.

Anyone recognize the location???

[ComoDepot]

Webster heading east? Umm now thinking not.

Looks like a kiln.

[Chris Walker]

Georgetown is correct in my view, Mountain knoll at rear centre above Rotary does it for me... :)

Small shed on right is the oilhouse.

[Jim Courtney]

Well I'll be

Looks like the experts of the Colorado Rail Annual are wrong. The Rotary was used on Clear Creek more than thought.

So we're looking east, in the yard, the depot behind us . . . right?

[Mike Trent]

Ah, the old adage, "Never say never!"