A mountain valley in Colorado where the same narrow-gauge line appears at three levels. A steam train and its string of cars climb the upper grade, while other track loops below along the creek. The printed caption identifies the line as the F. & C. C. Ry., the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad, a short line completed in 1894 to serve the Cripple Creek gold district.
Its route through Phantom Canyon twisted back on itself at several elevations, making the grade a common subject for Colorado railroad views.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
June 1911 Nannie you write to me
Hello Min how are you
this leaves us all well and
hope this will find you
all the same. tell Jessie
to answer my card I
sent him Goldie is all
right Now has it ever
Rained up there yet it
hasnt here. answer
soon from Maud to
Nannie
Thin white border; rounded, worn corners; surface stains and scuffs, notably a pale ring at upper right; tinted halftone printing.
Postmark: GROVE JUN 26 4 PM 1911 OKLA — divided-back private post card, pencil message, card toned/soiled with edge and corner wear; front is a white-bordered color litho view.
Cite this card
Three elevations of track, F. & C. C. Ry., Colorado, 1911, postcard, c. 1911. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/three-elevations-of-track-f-c-c-ry-colorado-1911. Accessed November 2, 2026.
