Coach-Baggage #1 - Page 2
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| (4) Colorado & Southern #122 at Morrison, 1905. Courtesy of Littleton Historical Society. Photo at Poole-204. |
At the 1906 C&S renumbering, #122 became simply #22.
In 1911, the end platform was removed from the baggage end of coach-baggage #22, and in 1915 the car was again rebuilt. Apparently part of the last rebuild was to enlarge the toilet compartment and install a water cooler, necessitating the filling-in of the next-to-last window from the photographers point-of-view in the photo below. (This was apparently quite a common installation.)
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Colorado &
Southern #22 shorn of end platform at the baggage end. Poor says the photo
was taken
about 1905,
but that doesnt
agree with company records. Photo at
Ferrell/SoPk-304(u) and
Poor-325(ME). A similar photo taken before the lavatory window was
filled in is at
Helmers-142(u).
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In May 1917, coach-baggage #22 was assigned to the Buena Vista - St. Elmo stub run. Chappell {37} says:
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After the [Alpine] tunnel was closed in October 1910, a tri-weekly train was scheduled to make runs from Buena Vista up the Chalk Creek valley to St. Elmo, Romley and Hancock, as there was still considerable traffic from the mines of that region. Westward they still bore the old designation Train No. 94, eastward Train No. 93. |
Coach-baggage #22 replaced coach-baggage #21 on this run, and was assigned there until track was removed 15 November 1926. It was then moved to Leadville with flanger #016 and two outfit cars. All were sold to the A.T. Herr Supply Co. in (1925, or June 1926?). Herr reportedly could not find a buyer for this equipment, and it was burned for its hardware in July 1928. The South Parks first passenger car met an ignominious end after serving almost exactly 54 years. Not bad for a wooden car!
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(6) Heading upgrade toward St. Elmo in the early 1920s. This was the last segment of Alpine Tunnel approach track on the east slope still in use. Engine #62 on the head-end, combine #22 bringing up the rear. Photo at Chappell-153, Digerness2-296, Helmers-137(d), Kindig-22 and Wagner-57(d). |
