Yes, it’s a model - 1
1. Derrell Poole says of this photo: “This is one of the photos from
my Uncle Bender’s collection. Uncle Bender traveled to Colorado as a
young man around 1909 and ’10. This view is of C&S 69, a Baldwin built
2-8-0 purchased by the Denver Leadville & Gunnison in 1890. Number
69 is on its way up the east side of Trout Creek Pass on the 170-degree
loop over Longs Creek.” Darrell continues, “To me, models are a means
of experiencing and telling a
story, primarily the narrative of
history. Every model railroad,
including mine, tells a story.”
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2. Colorado and Southern narrow gauge consolidation num-
ber 71 idles after being topped off at the Dickey water tank.
The coal bunker was filled the night before at the coal dock
a few hundred feet farther down the line. This morning, she
will head a trio of locomotives on an assault up Boreas Pass.
Awaiting light weathering, number 71 is a custom painted
brass import from Overland Models. The scene is photo-
graphed on Darel Leedy’s “under-construction” Sn3 layout,
depicting Dickey, Colorado in the 1920s.
MRH-Jun 2014
