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Colorado & Southern No. 9 One Short Season by Jason Midyette Soft cover
Colorado & Southern No. 9 One Short Season
Jason Midyette
Soft cover stapled
The ill-fated return to service of a narrow gauge locomotive
80 Pages
Copyright 2014
Introduction 5
Part I - Background 7
History of the Georgetown Loop Railroad 7
Other Players 13
A Brief History of C&S No. 9 17
A Trip to Breckenridge with W. A. Gibson, Sr 23
Part II - Restoration 25
Return to Colorado to Wait: 1988 to 2004 25
Genesis of No. 9's Return to Service 27
Restoration 2004-2006 30
Part III - Operation 41
Official Debut 41
Helper Service 43
Colorado Day 47
The Perfect Storm 49
Pressed into Service 53
Photo Freights 54
Finishing out the Season 58
Part IV - Afterword 60
Restoration... Again! 60
Off to Breckenridge 62
Epilogue 65
Part V- A Closer Look at the Operations of No. 9 66
Operating No. 9 66
Changes Throughout the Season 73
Special Visitors 75
Final Thoughts 77
Acknowledgements 79
Bibliography 80
May 25, 2006, marked a momentous day on Colorado's Georgetown Loop narrow gauge tourist railroad as Colorado & Southern No. 9 arrived back on the property following a two-year long restoration to operating condition. The then 122-year-old locomotive, a veteran of the Denver, South Park & Pacific and Colorado & Southern narrow gauge lines, last ran at the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1949. Its return to operation marked the first time that a locomotive originally used on the line would see service on the rebuilt Georgetown Loop.
No. 9's time in the spotlight was to be briefer than expected as the locomotive ran for only part of the 2006 season before its fire was dropped. One Short Season is the story of No. 9's restoration and the reasons
behind its all too brief return to operation. No. 9 is now displayed under a shelter in Breckenridge, Colorado, on the very right of way that it once travelled between Denver and Leadville.
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