Ohio Creek Extension page 4

Ohio Creek Extension page 3

Ohio Creek Extension completed page 2

Ohio Creek Extension completed page 1

Ohio Creek Extension complete!

I haven't subscribed to Model Railroader magazine in years, but just recently I discovered my stash from the 1990s.  I came across one edition that featured a couple that modeled the Ohio Creek Extension "as if" it had actually been constructed.  I'll post successive pages.  Here is the cover:

C&S 9 book

One Short Season: The Ill-fated return to service of a narrow gauge locomotive.

This book is such a delight to read! If you love the C&S or DSP&P this is a must. The author was actually one of the engineers that ran the no. 9 during its short 2006 return to steam. So many of us were so disheartened by the all too soon loss of a C&S loco that this book gives some balm to know what exactly went wrong. It also is fascinating to learn how several other locomotives played into the story like C&S 74. I was encouraged to know that the engine wasn't mishandled and that it did receive a gracious move to its present locale.

Anyway, the book is a great read, but is also chock full of tons of great photos past and present. I especially enjoyed photos of its years at the various World Fairs and while on display at the Black Hills Central.

This book is worth it!

C&S 9 in 1991

Here's an old photo I took of C&S 9 in 1991 when it was still sitting at Morningstar siding near Silver Plume, Colorado.  The Georgetown Loop RR folks did some painting over time to return her appearance to her C&S days, but she still had quite a lot of red left over from her days as Chief Crazy Horse when she ran as a novelty train in the 1948-1949 World's Fair.  This gaudy red look remained on the engine while on display at the Black Hills Central in South Dakota as well before the Burlington Northern donated her to the Colorado Historical Society in 1988.