Richard B. Jackson's South Park Photo Album
Posted by Jim Courtney on Apr 11, 2023; 3:01am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Richard-B-Jackson-s-South-Park-Photo-Album-tp18596.html
We aren't looking at C&S photos near enough.
On another thread, Daniel shared a link to an album of Dick Jackson's photos of the C&S South Park division taken between 1929 and 1941: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A70851#page/1/mode/1up/search/Colorado%20%26%20Southern%20railroad.
Chris Walker correctly noted that the majority of images were published in Mal Ferrell's book on the C&S. Looking through the photos, I discovered a fair number that I don't believe were ever published. And the familiar photos seemed to be better quality than those in books--clearer, uncropped and no gutter from the book binding running through the image. So I copied all that interested me and have them safely stored on my hard drive.
I basically did screen grabs (ctrl-prt sc), pasted them into a photoshopping program and saved them as .jpg's. I then cropped off the Microsoft and host site's tool bars. I tried to keep all images full frame, as Mr. Jackson saw them through his camera view finder. The man did have a talent for photo composition!
I did fiddle with the images to improve contrast, brightness and color temperature to my eye.
Since I've got all these images safely stored, I thought that I would share them on this Forum for discussion. So let's take an imaginary trip from Denver to Leadville. Let's visit the South Park division in its last decade of operation, as seen through the eyes of Richard B. Jackson . . .
Leaving Denver
August, 1929. Denver Union Station.
Early spring, 1937. Note the "hazard" placards on the last two boxcars.
Sheridan Junction, MP 7.55
1937
Waterton Tank, about MP 21
1937
Deansbury Bridge, about MP 27.00
1936
Foxton, MP 36.01
1937
Buffalo, MP 39.57
1937
Bridges just beyond Buffalo:
Pine. MP 42.39
Both August, 1929
July, 1938
Crossons, MP 47.74
August, 1929
Estabrook Canon, MP ~49.7
April, 1937. Beyond the bridge is the "horseshoe" curve, where C&S 75 turned over in 1922.
Baileys, MP 56.19
Summer, 1932. A passenger extra filled with children traveling to summer camp at Santa Maria.
Shawnee, MP 60.00.
Summer, 1938.
Long Meadow, MP 61.80
April, 1937. Last meet between eastbound passenger and westbound freight.
Above Kline, MP 62.5-63.5
1932?
Cassels (??), MP 64.50
August, 1929. I believe that this is the small flag station for the hotel. Anyone know? Mr. Klinger??
Grant, MP 66.15
August, 1929.
Webster, MP 69.37
Summer, 1938.
Climbing Kenosha, about MP 71
Summer, 1932.
Hoosier, MP 73.83
Summer, 1938.
Kenosha, MP 76.19
Kenosha Pond, Summer, 1938.
Eastbound, Kenosha Pass, Summer, 1932.
Jefferson, MP 81.12
August, 1929.
Como, MP 88.27
August, 1929.
Summer, 1936.
Selkirk, MP 96.09
April, 1937.
Boreas, MP 98.84
August, 1929.
April, 1937.
Baker Tank, MP 102.16
April, 1937.
Breckenridge, MP 110.00
Summer, 1938.
Dickey, MP 116.47
August, 1929.
This photo is surprising, causes an anachronistic dilemma. The Dickey depot is still painted in the older light grey with green trim scheme from about 1915. But then there is this photo:
I've always assumed this to be a January, 1929, Denver Water Board photo, but the depot appears freshly painted red, seven months before Jackson's image in light grey. Mike Trent, do you know when the Dickey Depot was painted red?? Early 1930s??
Dillon, MP 119.17
August, 1929. One of my favorite C&S photographs!!
April, 1937. Last train to Denver.
April, 1937. Rear of last train and rarely photographed north end of the depot.
Kokomo Tank, MP 131.97
April, 1937. The Jackson album has this location labled as Robinson Tank, but timetables show no water tanks between Kokomo and Climax. On other threads it was suggested that this was Solitude Tank, but there is no evidence of the siding or sheep pens.
Kokomo, MP 132.67
August, 1929.
Climax, MP 137.46.
August, 1929
April, 1397, last train to Denver.
Leadville, MP 151.19
1936
1937
1940
FINIS
This one is for South Park . . .
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Richard-B-Jackson-s-South-Park-Photo-Album-tp18596.html
We aren't looking at C&S photos near enough.
On another thread, Daniel shared a link to an album of Dick Jackson's photos of the C&S South Park division taken between 1929 and 1941: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A70851#page/1/mode/1up/search/Colorado%20%26%20Southern%20railroad.
Chris Walker correctly noted that the majority of images were published in Mal Ferrell's book on the C&S. Looking through the photos, I discovered a fair number that I don't believe were ever published. And the familiar photos seemed to be better quality than those in books--clearer, uncropped and no gutter from the book binding running through the image. So I copied all that interested me and have them safely stored on my hard drive.
I basically did screen grabs (ctrl-prt sc), pasted them into a photoshopping program and saved them as .jpg's. I then cropped off the Microsoft and host site's tool bars. I tried to keep all images full frame, as Mr. Jackson saw them through his camera view finder. The man did have a talent for photo composition!
I did fiddle with the images to improve contrast, brightness and color temperature to my eye.
Since I've got all these images safely stored, I thought that I would share them on this Forum for discussion. So let's take an imaginary trip from Denver to Leadville. Let's visit the South Park division in its last decade of operation, as seen through the eyes of Richard B. Jackson . . .
Leaving Denver
August, 1929. Denver Union Station.
Early spring, 1937. Note the "hazard" placards on the last two boxcars.
Sheridan Junction, MP 7.55
1937
Waterton Tank, about MP 21
1937
Deansbury Bridge, about MP 27.00
1936
Foxton, MP 36.01
1937
Buffalo, MP 39.57
1937
Bridges just beyond Buffalo:
Pine. MP 42.39
Both August, 1929
July, 1938
Crossons, MP 47.74
August, 1929
Estabrook Canon, MP ~49.7
April, 1937. Beyond the bridge is the "horseshoe" curve, where C&S 75 turned over in 1922.
Baileys, MP 56.19
Summer, 1932. A passenger extra filled with children traveling to summer camp at Santa Maria.
Shawnee, MP 60.00.
Summer, 1938.
Long Meadow, MP 61.80
April, 1937. Last meet between eastbound passenger and westbound freight.
Above Kline, MP 62.5-63.5
1932?
Cassels (??), MP 64.50
August, 1929. I believe that this is the small flag station for the hotel. Anyone know? Mr. Klinger??
Grant, MP 66.15
August, 1929.
Webster, MP 69.37
Summer, 1938.
Climbing Kenosha, about MP 71
Summer, 1932.
Hoosier, MP 73.83
Summer, 1938.
Kenosha, MP 76.19
Kenosha Pond, Summer, 1938.
Eastbound, Kenosha Pass, Summer, 1932.
Jefferson, MP 81.12
August, 1929.
Como, MP 88.27
August, 1929.
Summer, 1936.
Selkirk, MP 96.09
April, 1937.
Boreas, MP 98.84
August, 1929.
April, 1937.
Baker Tank, MP 102.16
April, 1937.
Breckenridge, MP 110.00
Summer, 1938.
Dickey, MP 116.47
August, 1929.
This photo is surprising, causes an anachronistic dilemma. The Dickey depot is still painted in the older light grey with green trim scheme from about 1915. But then there is this photo:
I've always assumed this to be a January, 1929, Denver Water Board photo, but the depot appears freshly painted red, seven months before Jackson's image in light grey. Mike Trent, do you know when the Dickey Depot was painted red?? Early 1930s??
Dillon, MP 119.17
August, 1929. One of my favorite C&S photographs!!
April, 1937. Last train to Denver.
April, 1937. Rear of last train and rarely photographed north end of the depot.
Kokomo Tank, MP 131.97
April, 1937. The Jackson album has this location labled as Robinson Tank, but timetables show no water tanks between Kokomo and Climax. On other threads it was suggested that this was Solitude Tank, but there is no evidence of the siding or sheep pens.
Kokomo, MP 132.67
August, 1929.
Climax, MP 137.46.
August, 1929
April, 1397, last train to Denver.
Leadville, MP 151.19
1936
1937
1940
FINIS
This one is for South Park . . .
Jim Courtney
Poulsbo, WA
Poulsbo, WA
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