I found some interesting footage of Central City from 1977. It shows the Colorado Central Narrow Gauge Railroad's boarding site apparently after hours or on a day off. At first there are shots of C&S 71 and combine No. 20 on static display. The focus then shifts to Shay No. 14 (this is the year that No. 40 followed No. 44 over to Silver Plume leaving No. 14 as sole power) and the rider cars for the tourist railroad there. No. 14 arrived at the CCNG in 1974 from the defunct Camino Cable & Northern. The Shay was purchased because of its ability to negotiate a sharp curve that the CCNG planned to construct to avoid rebuilding Mountain City trestle.
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