Nostalgia & History > Hilner Collection Colorado Midland Terminal Photos

Presenting the first of two parts-today is locomotives and cabooses-tomorrow rolling stock.  The photos are a mix of Hilner shots and traders.
1-#60 2-8-0 1947 at Colorado Springs by Frank Kelley
2-#59 2-8-0 August 28, 1946 Colorado City
3-#65 2-6-0 July 2, 1953 Colorado City Ross Grenard, Jr 
4-#56 2-8-0 January, 11, 1948 Colorado Springs Ross Grenard
5-#56 2-8-0 September 8, 1936 Colorado Ciy on CM Turntable W A Gibson Sr
6-#59 2-8-0 1938 Colorado Springs by Jawarski
7-#101 Motorcat at Colorado Springs Passenger Station ex-Colorado Springs Railway and Interurban car September 8, 1936 Ray Hilner
8-Caboose #1 Colorado Springs August 28, 1946 Frank Kelley
9-Caboose #2 Colorado City August 28, 1946 Frank Kelley
10-Target type switch stand Colorado City August 28, 1946 Frank Kelley

James T Wilson Collection

 

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Photos 4-5-6

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Photos 7-8-9

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Photo 10

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Question about Photo #3, #65 2-6-0 July 2, 1953 Colorado City, by Ross Grenard, Jr.
Is the locomotive shown really an MT locomotive?  It is modern looking, compared to the other MT locomotives.  Is it possibly an ex-military locomotive?
To me, it appears to be a 2-6-2, not a 2-6-0. 
The date of the photo is four years after the MT made their last run!
  

Lynn,  The engine is definitely a 2-6-0 the date is what was on the back of the photo.  I don't know the history of the Midland Terminal.  The only thing I could say about the date on that one is maybe that is the date Ray Hilner received the photo from Mr. Grenard, Jr

Jim

Info on the ex US Army 0-6-0 converted to 2-6-0 by Midland Terminal RR: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,3968407
 

Great photos. Had a few beers at that roundhouse through the years. Nice place and nice that it's still there.

I have never seen a rail bus with a pony truck! Very interesting series of photos.
Thanks
Gonut

First-class old photos - Interesting varieties.
Bob

All those nice steamers and the line was scrapped with a little diesel, great photos, not all that
many around.

Out 

The Midland Terminal liked their air.  Each of their small locomotives had a pair of big cross compound air pumps on it.  The 2-8-0's (former Colorado Midland engines) had one on each side, while the 2-6-0's had both of them on the pilot deck.

Earlk Wrote:
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> The Midland Terminal liked their air.  Each of
> their small locomotives had a pair of big cross
> compound air pumps on it.  The 2-8-0's (former
> Colorado Midland engines) had one on each side,
> while the 2-6-0's had both of them on the pilot
> deck.

When you dragging heavy ore trains up and down grades up to 4%, you'd want a lot of air in reserve too!  Trains of empty cars often had five engines spaced out in the train.  Loaded trains came down with one engine and a lot of great engineering!  The CM and MT guys had a lot of guts.

RR