The Colorado and Southern Railway was an American Class I railroad in the western United States that operated independently from 1898 to 1908, then as part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railro
C&S Steam locomotive #71 1941.
C&S Engine 641, the line's last operating standard-gauge steam locomotive, used on the Climax-Leadville run until 1962. On display in Leadville; photo 2010.
Colorado & Southern Locomotive plows snow from rails, c. 1898-1903 (Park County Local History Digital Archive)
Colorado and Southern railway station, Leadville, Colorado
The Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad was a historic 3 ft narrow gauge railroad that operated in Colorado in the western United States in the late 19th century. The railroad opened up the first
Colorado and Southern Railway
…Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway in 1890. When Union Pacific went bankrupt in 1893 they were separated from the Union Pacific and united with the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway and others, by Frank Trumbull to form the Colorado and Southern Railroad in 1898. In 1908 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad bought control…
Alpine tunnel telegraph station
Boreas Pass section house, DSP&P RR.
Railroad employees and residents of Como, Colorado on Pilot 192 of Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison in the 1890s.
Railroad in Platte Canyon, Colorado ~ 1923