I came across a video on Youtube with home videos from 1953, narrated by a man who was a young 11-year old boy when they were taken. They follow a family trip through Colorado focused on trains.
The most interesting part of the video begins at 2:13, though, when the family takes a bus trip to Idaho Springs. Here the young boy rides a miniature live steam train across Clear Creek and onto the C&S roadbed past the Argo Mill loading chutes. Is anyone aware of this tiny train? How long was it around? This could possibly be the first relaying of track on a former C&S roadbed post abandonment, besides the display trains.
After that segment, the narrator relates how descendants of his would later learn to drive the same locomotive, now lettered with a C&S style logo for the Commanche Crossing & Eastern. Does anyone know where this locomotive is today?
The C&S shows up again when there is a quick shot of C&S 60 at 3:24 in gleaming paint, though lettered for the Burlington Route. It is still at the original location with the log gift shop behind.
There are a few seconds of video at Central City, though no sightings of No. 71 and train.
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