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When gold was discovered in Cripple Creek and Victor in 1890, [3] some of the Colorado Midland owners [a] formed the Midland Terminal Railroad, a standard gauge spur line from Divide to Cripple Creek. [2] [3] This allowed for passenger travel to and from Cripple Creek, shipment of equipment into the area, and the transport of ore to processing ...
The Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad (CC&VNG RR) is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates seasonal tourist trains between Cripple Creek and the city's outskirts to the south. The railroad uses a revitalized section of the original Midland Terminal Railway and the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad.
This led to the formation of the Cripple Creek Mining District on April 5, 1891. [1] Better transportation than wagons was urgently needed to access the newly formed mining district. During 1894 a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line, known as the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad was built at a cost of $500,000.
The state highway resumes in Victor, turning west and north before heading into Cripple Creek.The road turns east for a few miles before resuming its northward path, acting as the eastern border of Mueller State Park for several miles before reaching a junction with U.S. Highway 24 in Divide.
The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad (F&CC) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad running northward from junctions with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at the mill towns of Florence and later moved to Cañon City, Colorado, on the banks of the Arkansas River, up steep and narrow Phantom Canyon to the Cripple Creek Mining District, west of Pikes Peak.
On May 1, 1915, the Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Railroad again took over the operation of the property it originally owned as well as that of The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company, 5.27 miles, which it purchased in April, 1915, and that of The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway Company, 74.25 miles, which it ...
It provides inter-city bus and paratransit service to select communities within Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The system was created by the Schuylkill County Board of Commissioners, [2] replacing service on the recently defunct service at the time of the East Penn Transportation Company.
Teller County Road 1, shortened to Teller 1, was the first stagecoach route to Cripple Creek and thus it is called County Road 1. [citation needed] It is a paved road that offers diverse views of scenery. For example, along the road are steep mountains and rolling hills where cattle graze.