I am grateful to Dan Oelrich for sharing his experiences, Dan is an avid historic researcher and photographer who has travelled throughout Colorado. The photos provided by Dan here are from the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad. The CC&VRR track system begins at Bennett Avenue/5th Street going south out of Cripple Creek, goes past the old Midland Terminal Wye, then over a reconstructed train trestle, continues past historic mines and terminates very near the abandoned Anaconda mining camp. The return trip to Cripple Creek completes a total of 4 miles (6.4 km). The railroad does not actually terminate at Victor, Colorado, as the railroad's name implies. The Bull Hill Station, in Cripple Creek was originally built at the Anaconda Mine in 1894 by the Midland Terminal Railway. However, it was moved to Bull Hill in 1912, east of the town of Victor. In 1968, the depot was moved to Cripple Creek.
One of the goals of mine is to locate all of the old railroad beds in the CC District and walk the length of them. Most, of course, are gone because of the open pit mine, so it’s not an impossible task. In the course of doing it, I came across these old cars. Thought you might find them interesting. Noticed there’s even a mineshaft just off the tracks. There were many de railings , probably because of the shifting underground near where they had to go in order to collect the Ores. Hope you enjoy these photos.
-Dan Oelrich
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| Photos by Dan Oelrich |
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