Podcast Episode 65 - The Florence & Cripple Creek Train Wreck on its Second Day of Service

The band was playing and people were gathered in a festive atmosphere as the first passenger train arrived in Cripple Creek. But the return trip to Florence would be much more eventful.

The F&CC train cars following the wreck on day two of passenger service. This picture is from the PPLD Digital Collections. Click on the photo to be taken to the source page.

References:

Author Unknown. (1894, July 3). A Wreck on the New Road: A Passenger Car Goes Overboard with Nothing to Account for It. The Colorado Daily Chieftain. 3.

Lewis, A. C. (2002, January 1). Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad: Forty miles to fortune. Sundance Publications Ltd.

The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club. (2013, August 3). Florence and Cripple Creek Tour. https://www.drgw.net/info/uploads/Main/fcc-tour-guide-v1.pdf

Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center. (2019, April 4). The Little Rail Company That Could. https://museum.canoncity.org/?p=2315