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- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track with two passenger trains somewhere along the line in Colorado; "Short Line" standard gauge track, foreground; photograph attributed to McClure.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripp;e Creek Short Line) standard gauge track with passenger train on top elevation exiting tunnel, above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows tunnels six and...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Crippe Creek Short Line) standard gauge track in foothills above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows passenger train on top elevation of track, tunnels eight...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway passenger train and "High Drive" with horseback riders, near Colorado Springs, Colorado; also called Short Line; split log fence bordering dirt road, foreground; copy by McClure of an...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track and tunnels six & eight on Rock Creek Loop near St. Peter's siding, Colorado; passenger train exiting tunnel eight; Duffield, center foreground; also...
- Duffield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Duffield--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Duffield--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track with retouched passenger train on top elevation somewhere above Colorado Springs, Colorado; "Short Line" safety track over trestle top; railroad...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track with passenger train just crossed over wooden trestle, possibly near Silver Cascade Falls, Colorado in North Cheyenne Canyon; "High Drive" (dirt road)...
- North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Silver Cascade Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--North Cheyenne Canyon--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track above Colorado Springs, Colorado; group of men coasting in push car, foreground; distant view of tunnels six & eight of "Cripple Creek Short Line"...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Climbing the backbone of the Continent Cripple Creek Short Line.
- View of standard-gauge track of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway in Colorado; tunnel at right foreground; track ascends to mountain-top, with smoking locomotive visible at top.
- Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- St. Peter's Dome - Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of a smoking locomotive with passenger cars on the standard- gauge Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway; St. Peter's Dome rock formation in background with flag flying.
- Saint Peters Dome (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Four elevations of track on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Four elevations of track on Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) near Colorado Springs, Colorado; passenger train on lower track, center right.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900- 1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Looking west from tunnel six, Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View west from tunnel six of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track winding through foothills of Rocky Mountains above Colorado Springs, Colorado; also called Cripple Creek Short Line; passenger...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- On the road to Cripple Creek - the Cripple Creek trip
- View of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) standard gauge track winding through foothills above Colorado Springs, Colorado; passenger train is on top elevation of track.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Climbing the backbone of the Continent Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of the standard-gauge track of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway ascending rugged mountain terrain in Colorado Rockies; at center foreground, track disappears into tunnel; near mountain-top, a smoking locomotive appears.
- Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Photograph of an illustrated relief map of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway line
- Reproduction of an illustrated relief map depicting bird's eye view of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) standard gauge line winding through foothills and Rocky Mountains near Colorado...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Photograph of an illustrated relief map of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway line
- Reproduction of an illustrated relief map depicting bird's eye view of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) standard gauge line winding through foothills and Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902--Aerial views.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902--Maps.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.;
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- At Tunnel No. 9 on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Freight train steaming out of Tunnel Number Nine in Colorado; shows standard gauge side track; last of nine tunnels on Cripple Creek Short Line with total length of 2,404 feet with only a small portion timbered as tunnel was in solid granite;...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1905.
- [ca. 1905?]
- Illustrated relief map of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway line
- Reproduction of an illustrated relief map depicting bird's eye view of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) standard gauge line winding through foothills and Rocky Mountains near Colorado...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Cheyenne Mountain from Duffield Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of Cheyenne Mountain from Duffield on the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (standard gauge) in Colorado Rocky Mountains; at center of image is a smoking locomotive; low clouds swathe the mountains.
- Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Observation Point - Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of a panoramic vista, Observation Point, on the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway in Colorado; a figure stands on standard-gauge track in foreground; at mid-ground, a trestle is visible; in distance are foothills and plains.
- Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Three elevations of track Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of ascending switchbacks of the standard-gauge track of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway in Colorado; a tunnel appears at mid-level, right; a smoking locomotive approaches the mountain- top.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Around the mountain tops - the Cripple Creek trip
- View of snow-covered standard gauge tracks rounding bend along Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway above Colorado Springs, Colorado (also called Cripple Creek Short Line).
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Near Point Sublime - the Cripple Creek trip
- View of High Line dirt road in North Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado with Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) passenger train on top edge of canyon approaching Point Sublime.
- North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--North Cheyenne Canyon--1900- 1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Photograph of a map produced by Smith-Brooks depicting mines located near Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield, (Teller County Colorado mining districts) along the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Copy of a map produced by Smith Brooks depicts Teller County mining districts, Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield along the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Florence and Cripple Creek...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Tunnels 8 and 9 on the Short Line
- View of Tunnels number 8 and 9 on the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, Teller or El Paso County, Colorado; also called "The Short Line;" a train smokes near the lower tunnel.
- Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- View from trail to St. Peters Dome, on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of St. Peter's Dome rock formation; shows Cripple Creek District Railway, with two elevations of track including Tunnels 6 (Six) and 8 (Eight), upper tunnel with train, Rock Creek Loop, two buildings next to track; plains and Colorado Springs,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Four elevations of track on the Short Line
- Four elevations of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, also called "The Short Line;" a engine with passenger cars smokes on the tracks as it winds up forested mountain slopes above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows High Drive...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Passenger railroad cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Four elevations of track on the Short Line
- View of four elevations of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line); an engine with passenger cars smokes on the tracks as it winds up forested mountain slopes above Colorado Springs, Colorado;...
- Passenger railroad cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Photograph of a map produced by Smith-Brooks depicting mines located near Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield, (Teller County Colorado mining districts) along the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting by W. Bancroft (possibly William Henry Bancroft) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Colorado; two elevations of standard gauge track with two passenger...
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting (artist unknown, possibly John Arthur Ricker) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, also called Cripple Creek Short Line, possibly depicting Victor or Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [1903?]
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting by J. (John Arthur) Ricker, 1903, illustrating Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) with distant view of Colorado Springs, Colorado; five elevations of standard gauge...
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ricker, John Arthur.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1903
- Cripple Creek Dist.
- View of three elevations of probably Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs Railroad narrow gauge track servicing several mines in Cripple Creek District (Teller County), Colorado; retouched passenger train, center background; mines, tailings,...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Teller County--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1915 or 1917]
- A wonderful engineering feat on Cripple Creek Short Line
- Three elevations of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track in Rocky Mountain foothills above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows standard gauge track and two passenger trains (one exiting tunnel); also called Cripple...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Anaconda-Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of Anaconda (Teller county), Colorado, and surounding mines reached via Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line); view includes Low Line, Mary McKinney (McKinney Mining Company), and Morning...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Above the clouds-Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of forested mountain ridges with approaching cloud tops from (probably) Pikes Peak, near the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, above Colorado Springs, Colorado; also called Cripple Creek Short Line.
- Forests--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A coasting party on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Push car coasting party poses on the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad near Summit, Colorado. The depot lunch room and Western Union telegraph station is on right; a log cabin is on left. The party goers wear late 19th century finery and hold...
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Nearing Summit, elevation 10,000 ft. on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Passenger train on the Cripple Creek Short Line nearing the summit, elevation 10,000 feet; two coasting parties on side track with push cars awaiting their descent to Colorado Springs, Colorado; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Railroad handcars--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- St. Peters Dome on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Engine Number Four heads freight train with helper in rear enroute to Cripple Creek, Colorado; includes rock formation St. Peter's Dome on Cripple Creek Short Line; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rock formations--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [ca.1905?]
- Tunnel No. 4, Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of Tunnel Number Four, trestle and standard gauge track on Cripple Creek Short Line; push car used by L.C. McClure on track; Tunnel 4 often called the Granite Tunnel, longest of nine tunnels on the Short Line without any timbers in its 521...
- Railroad bridges--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--1900-1920.; Tunnels--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- View from Tunnel No. 4 on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photo taken from inside Tunnel Number Four looking out with push car used by McClure on Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge track; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, Colorado.
- Railroad handcars--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado.; Tunnels.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 1, engine type 2-8-0
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., June 22, 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1919
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 3, engine type 2-8-0
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1919
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-8-0
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., July 5 1920.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1920
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 4, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, pole by cab . Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., June 22, 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1919
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 6, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., July 5, 1920.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1920
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., June 22, 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1919
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 5, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, tender cropped. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., June 22, 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1919
- CS&CCD locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1918