Re: CCRR Passenger Car Research
Posted by Dave Eggleston on
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Ron, that is a fantastic data point to add! I am not sure if I was aware of this or not so will lean to it being news for me. Thanks!
On the broader topic of excursion cars and excursions, here's an article covering the first excursion on the new track up to the mouth of Platte Canyon on May 4, 1878, using engine #2, coach "Auraria," a boxcar and a flatcar--all "well filled." The freight cars were built by Hallack in 1874. From the Rocky Mountain News of 5/5/1878.
To have been there! At that time the South Park's goal was Fairplay but in less than three months the growing boom at Leadville would completely change the South Park's future.
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Ron, that is a fantastic data point to add! I am not sure if I was aware of this or not so will lean to it being news for me. Thanks!
On the broader topic of excursion cars and excursions, here's an article covering the first excursion on the new track up to the mouth of Platte Canyon on May 4, 1878, using engine #2, coach "Auraria," a boxcar and a flatcar--all "well filled." The freight cars were built by Hallack in 1874. From the Rocky Mountain News of 5/5/1878.
To have been there! At that time the South Park's goal was Fairplay but in less than three months the growing boom at Leadville would completely change the South Park's future.
Dave Eggleston
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
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