Looks like the C&S job was just finishing passing under the Colorado Midland.

Right you are Jerry. If only a Midland train was going over at the same time. That probably never happened.

Darel

I love the feeling of spaciousness you've achieved with these photographs. Well done!

- Trevor

Darel,

Great work on the Hilltop and Bath area.  The location where both the CM and C&S (DSP&P, DL&G) interfaced was the Newett Union Depot down Trout Creek Pass at the Narrows.  Today the efforts of Trout Creek have separated the main lines of the two roads, but back in the 1880-90-00 and teens were a yard area servicing both roads where coal from Baldwin on the C&S was transloaded into Midland Coal Cars and shipped on to Leadville and Cripple Creek.  

My favorite was an 1888 excursion from Leadville to Baldwin for the Miners' Fair.  The out trip from Leadville was no problem, but the movement from the DSP&P NG train to the CM Broad Gauge train was really stressful for the two crews in moving all the drunks.  

The other "great story" is when the CM first reached the Hilltop/Bath area and the DSP&P took the four flat cars loaded with CM engine #32, a class 91 0-6-0 switcher with tender from Bath to Como to Breckenridge to Leadville and the CM crews using teamsters to haul the Broad Gauge Locomotive down to the CM yards and up to the Hagerman Tunnel to build the 2d District of the Midland from Leadville to New Castle and Aspen.  A great story that has only been documented in the last five years.

Great job there Darel and Darrell.