The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad was a 3-foot narrow gauge railroad founded in 1893 and went bankrupt in 1915[1]. Although, the F&CC Articles of Association was written and signed in 1892. [2]It was built to serve the mines around Cripple Creek, Colorado and move the valuable minerals to Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad standard gauge railroad in Florence, Colorado.
Notable Locomotives include Rio Grande Southern No. 20 and Rio Grande No. 315
Number | Type | Built | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2-8-0 | 1894 | Unknown |
2 | 2-8-0 | 1894 | Unknown |
3 | 2-8-0 | 1895 | Operational, Rio Grande No. 315 at the C&TS |
4 | 2-8-0 | 1895 | Scrapped |
5 | 2-8-0 | 1895 | Scrapped |
6 | 2-8-0 | 1895 | Unknown |
7 | 2-8-0 | 1896 | Scrapped |
8 | 2-8-0 | 1896 | On Display, Rio Grande No. 318 |
9 | 2-2-8-08-0 | 1896 | Scrapped |
10 | 2-8-0 | 1896 | On Display, Eureka and Nevada #12 at the Nevada Southern Railway Museum |
11 | 2-8-0 | 1897 | Scrapped |
12 | 2-8-0 | 1897 | Scrapped |
20 | 4-6-0 | 1899 | Operation, Rio Grande Southern No. 20 |
21 | 4-6-0 | 1899 | Scrapped |
22 | 4-6-0 | 1900 | Scrapped |
23 | 4-6-0 | 1900 | Scrapped |
24 | 4-6-0 | 1900 | Scrapped |
51 | 2-4-4T | 1898 | Scrapped |
52 | 4-6-0 | 1898 | Unknown |
No | Road | Type |
---|---|---|
31 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
39 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
41 | D&RG* | 2-8-0 |
47 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
50 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
52 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
58 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
63 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
84 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
164 | D&RG | 4-6-0 |
173 | D&RG | 4-6-0 |
206 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
208 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
209 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
266 | D&RG | 2-8-0 |
*No. 41 origin built at St. Louis & Cairo #26, then sold to Santa Fe Southern, then bought by D&RG in 1895
Surviving Rolling Stock includes Boxcar #588 displayed at the Colorado Railroad Museum
A F&CC Link and Pin Coupler resides at the Colorado Railroad Museum
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_and_Cripple_Creek_Railroad
- ↑ Lewis, Allan C. Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad. Forty Miles to Fortune