Cripple Creek & Victor Porter No. 3 whistles for a crossing on the outskirts of Cripple Creek, taking tourists for a ride through the "World's Greatest Gold Camp."
CCV No. 2 started life in 1948 as a 0-4-0T built by Henschel & Sohn for Hanseatische Kieswerke, a German quarry company. It arrived in Cripple Creek in 1970, and has been modified - "Americanized... (more)
In the late afternoon, CC&V engineer bank the fires of their locomotives by filling the fireboxes full of coal, which will fester and simmer overnight. The next morning, there will be enough pres... (more)