Wreck near Maddox December 1913

[Todd Hackett]

Another recent ebay find. Information on the back includes the date Dec 8 1913, and identifies the locos and says "no one hurt in this wreck on passenger train from Denver to Como" and "taken near Maddox above Pine Grove Colo C&S Ry."

This shot shows #9 and its tender with #70 in the background:


Tender of #9 and #70:


#9 again - how often do you see the top of the toolboxes on the prototype:

[Jim Courtney]

Great photos, Todd!

December 4th, 1913, was the day of the great blizzard that paralyzed the Denver area, including Clear Creek and Platte Canyon.

According to the Klingers' C&S Platte Canyon Memories . . . , C&S 9 and 70 were double heading the first westbound passenger train out of Denver on December 8th and made it as far as Maddox.

There is a companion photo in the book to complete your three images:




Looks like the derailment occurred at the switch to the siding at Maddox.

Note the tool box above the firebox door of number 70.

[Keith Hayes]

Lots of yummy details in these photos--more than I saw initially on my phone. The tender coal fences, the tool boxes and the underside of Number 9: look at those shiny tires!

The Blizzard of 1913 was epic. It buried Denver in feet of snow.