According to Colorado Rail Annual Number Ten by Cornelius W.
Hauck, the C&S made a 1938 inventory of the remaining narrow gauge
engines. Next to No. 6 is the note
"Held to be sent to World's Fair, New York. (Due flues 2-40)."
Hauck notes that during a July 7th, 1938 general meeting "the 6 had been set aside for [the World's Fair], but the suggestion was
made that the 9 was in better shape and might well be used instead." As we know, that was in fact done.
It seems No. 6 had one more shot at life when in the same
year the C&S offered locomotives for display to towns along its line. Unfortunately, a note to the Superintendent
of Motive Power states, "We now find that none of the towns are agreeable
to accepting this engine. You may
therefore scrap engine 6, which will complete the AFE." She was scrapped in 1939.
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Photo of No. 6 from The Pictorial Supplement of the DSP&P
2 comments:
I wish the towns along the right of way could have seen the future as tourist destinations. They might have been more receptive about receiving locomotives for display and possible running operations ( Como for instance .) I guess we should be very glad to have the engines that were saved .
I totally agree, Charles. It really takes a lot of foresight for preservation. I'm sure to the residents of Clear Creek, the railroad just seemed old-fashioned, a dying technology. Whenever I see a building or house constructed in the 1970s I think, "Wow, that is really ugly." Yet, I have to remember that there was a time when people probably began thinking that way about Victorian-era houses. Now-a-days, however, we see the value of protecting Victorian-styled buildings. Maybe we'll someday feel that way about structures from the 1970s! All this to say, I wonder if that's how 1940s residents of Clear Creek looked at the C&S.
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