Re: DSP&P Passenger Car Research

Posted by Chris Walker on Mar 21, 2025; 8:03pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/DSP-P-Passenger-Car-Research-tp20585p20598.html

Anon wrote: So now I’m going to ask some questions that will clearly demonstrate my ignorance and confusion on dates of mergers, etc…

Welcome to the club: this bothered me for years; learning about the differences between the predecessor Roads, and equipment that formed the C.&S. Rly seemed to take forever down here with little material accessible.

In regards to the Excursion car above...

This id is the latest iteration of the Denver Public Library link(they changed their system, negating a lot of my previous Post links: I now put the call number on the images I save).
Gurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880, Beaver Brook Station (1871-1880). Denver Public Library Digital Collections,
Call number Z-3383,  https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1108743

This image is taken, very early on the Colorado Central, at Beaver Brook. There is an image of the first train into Georgetown with an excursion car in 1887. That car resembles a converted Flatcar, and is not the same as the later ones. The Gilpin Tramway did the same.
Looking in Sundance's Colorado Central Rail Road; lists the CC excursion cars as #13-#18;  built 7/1883 by the U.P.(later UP1885 renumbered #820-825).

At this time, I can't recall an early Excursion car image on the DSP&PRR. The Clear Creek line was an easy day trip for such runs.

EDIT:
There is a photo of an Excursion train at Morrison taken by H.H. Buckwalter in 1887(Mineral Belt Vol-II; pg16) showing four flatcar conversions(with lower half board sides) and with CCRR lettering, as the same in the Beaver Brook image.
Mal Ferrell's South Park Line list of DSP&PRR passenger roster shows no reference to any Excursion cars.

p.s.-EDIT: Just found my enlargement of the CCRR car at Beaver Brook, and it shows as # 5. The road initials are centred, but the cars at Morrison are not same.

David S. Digerness, Mineral Belt Vol-II; pg16; Sundance Publications; 1978.