Day 25, Favorite Documentary: The Old Colorado & Southern and Engine No. 9 In 1937 a narrow gauge railway locomotive pulls two passenger cars up the steep slope of the Rockies on its final journey from Denver to Breckenridge. See the train pass through several small towns along the South Platte, including Strontia Springs, Buffalo Creek, Pine, Bailey, Shawnee and Grant. Hear colorful tales of small town and mountain life, stories of the trains crew and passengers, train wrecks, fires, and fierce conditions. See ice cutters on the Maddox Lakes at Shawnee, cattle vaccinations, a Depression era 4th of July celebration in Bailey, the roundhouse in Como, and much more. The Old Colorado & Southern Engine No. 9 was filmed by school teacher (later Marine Major) Helen McGraw Tatum, between 1933 and 1937, and originally shown for the local movie night. In 1954 Helen and Thomas G. Tatum recorded a sound track with narration by Helen and sound effects. amazon/Old-Colorado-Southern-Engine-No/dp/B005KJLYLK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411690247&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Old+Colorado+%26+Southern
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:28:37 +0000
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