Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad
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. It was founded in 1893 and went out of business in 1915.
Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Adelaide, Fremont County, Colorado bridge in Phantom Canyon | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Colorado |
| Dates of operation | 1893–1915 |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
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