Re: Header Photo #71

Posted by Rick Steele on Feb 08, 2015; 4:12pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Header-Photo-71-tp835p857.html

The header photo was taken a couple of years before the Locomotive went on display.

The train that took the 71, gon and combine to Black Hawk to be put on display used two live locomotives. The 71 and attendant equipment was dolled up and 71 was hauled dead from Denver to Black Hawk.

That wonderful header photo shows 71 when it was making legitimate revenue for the Clear Creek lines. The mines were still shipping as shown by all of the empty gons lined up to go to Black Hawk and Idaho Springs.

Rick