A Ride on the Cripple Creek and Victor Railroad

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In June, my family and I took a ride on the Cripple Creek and Victor Railroad, and I thought I'd post some pictures. This is a two-foot gauge tourist train that has been active since the 19650s. It runs from the center of Cripple Creek to the ghost town of Anaconda. This used to be a standard gauge line, but was converted to two foot by the current owners. Since I'm a narrow gauge freak, this was a really interesting and pleasant ride. We rode on Engine #1, which is a 1902 0-4-4-0 mallet produced by a German maker (Orenstein and Koppel). Engine #2 was also operating on the day we visited; it's a pre-war German Henschel 0-4-0T. Engine #3 (A 1926 0-4-0 Porter) was not operating on the day we visited.

The Cripple Creek and Victor Railroad's website is at: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cripplecreekrailroad.com/">http://www.cripplecreekrailroad.com/</a><!-- m -->. They have some nice pictures and a link to a 1995 article about the railroad (at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cripplecreekrailroad.com/buffs.htm">http://www.cripplecreekrailroad.com/buffs.htm</a><!-- m -->)

Following pages are just pictures of our trip...