C&S Photos on eBay.

[Jeff Ramsey]

Never seen this one before.IMG_20171130_084526.jpg

[Paul R.]

What time of day would this shot be, looks like a long shadow on the right. Paul R.

[ComoDepot]

Jeff I have the photo.

Time, well looks like the shadow is from the Gibbony house would say late morning sometime near the winter solstice.

[Robert McFarland]

Check out the new photo on DSP&P eBay of a diamond stacked short smokeboxed double header  in snow led by C&S #73

[ComoDepot]

Link?

[Jim Courtney]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Railroad-Photo-Denver-South-Park-Pacific-DSP-P-2-6-0-73-Colorado-Narrow-Gauge/272976395336?hash=item3f8ea93c48:g:HvQAAOSwPAxaLJTe

I believe these two locomotives , circa 1900-1901, are plowing out the Silver Plume wye.

[Chris Walker]

The seller has it mislabeled since #73 'twas a 2-8-0, second loco behind is the #13, Jim is right on with the location being the Silver Plume Wye, the date be that of the big snow of 1899.

[ComoDepot]

What are the clues it is Silver Plume?

[Jim Courtney]

The photo (from the K. Gus Smarey Collection) was published in the Colorado Rail Annual No. 10, the issue devoted to the Clear Creek Line, on pages 138-139. No clues to the location, the captions label it as such.

A total of four photos were printed from the big snow of the winter of 1899.  They show C&S mogul number 13 on the daily passenger train: Two photos of the engine and train at Georgetown, and a photo of the train backed onto the Silver Plume wye. The fourth photo shows C&S number 73 plowing out the west leg of the wye -- this is is the same photo as the eBay offering. The second McConnell stack in the background belongs to C&S 13. The big fir trees in the foreground were the ones at the picnic grounds of the Pavilion, out of frame to the left.

The three big Baldwins (C&S 71, 72, and 73) were originally purchased for the UPD&G for use on the Clear Creek lines.  They seem to have stayed (perhaps out of habit) on Clear Creek for the first couple of years after the C&S was formed.

[Jim Courtney]

Here is a view of  C&S 13 and train on the Silver Plume wye, same day, same hour, same folks:





The eBay offering seems to be a good quality print.

[Robert McFarland]

Any clues as to where the photo of Mason #55 was taken?

[Jim Courtney]

What??

If you're talking about this eBay photo . . .


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Denver-South-Park-Pacific-DSP-P-Engine-55-with-Crew-8x10-Photo/302555500566?hash=item4671b69016:g:eR0AAOSwZqZaEd8m




. . . I think I read somewhere that the photo was taken in Montana, after the UP transferred DSP&P 55 to the Utah and Northern, circa 1886.  Anyone know for sure??

[Chris Walker]

The normal view associated with the DSP&P#55 at Garrison is on a passenger train,
#55 at Garrrison



I am not certain and will need to look into it further but the house in the right rear to me(at this time) is reminiscent of Como.

[SteveG]

I ordered that one, and barring unforeseen restrictions in the terms of sale not evident in the eBay listing, would be happy to share a higher-res digitized image.

[Jeff Ramsey]

That would be most excellent Steve.

[SteveG]

Been trying to enhance this, as it's grainier than I had hoped, but here's what I've got so far, as a jpeg:

and slightly better to my eye, as a png:
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If anyone wants to try enhancing the large (~20 MB) 1200 dpi scanned image file, let me know and I'll email it to you for further processing.

Belated Merry Christmas and early Happy New Year,
Steve

[Chris Walker]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-LARGE-HISTORIC-PHOTO-OF-BRECKENRIDGE-COLORADO-SOUTHERN-RAILROAD-TRAIN-1940/292388047506?hash=item4413af8a92:g:xDwAAOSwcj1aAP4Z

Not where I thought

[Jim Courtney]

Here is an interesting stereo view of the High Bridge above Georgetown:


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Georgetown-Colorado-Loop-Railroad-Stereoview-Woman-Child-View-C-S-Railroad/352238674579?hash=item52030fa293:g:OeQAAOSwyP5aPSnH






Perhaps the mother and her two young children got off for the mine tour, then missed the train?

[Mike Trent]

Scrap Train, 1938

[Jeff Ramsey]

I don't know Chris, I think this image's location is near Bacon, east of Breckenridge. Notice the heavy rail(90 lb.?) and a rare usage by the C & S of tie plates on the narrow gauge. This image I think has been published in a few books.