Re: Victor, CO; 1900

The grade winding up the hill is the Midland Terminal branch from the main line down into Victor. The main line is marked by the standard gauge boxcars which are on a siding next to the main line, high on the hill. MT passenger trains would come in on the main line and then back down the steep grade into the Victor depot when headed to Cripple Creek, and reverse the process when leaving Cripple Creek for Colorado Springs. The MT passenger trains were always Colorado Midland equipment with MT crews from Divide south.

After the completion of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District RR, and the subsequent joint management of all of the Cripple Creek roads, passenger trains of both the MT and CS&CCD coming from Colorado Springs would get on the CS&CCD Victor branch, go around the double loop in Goldfield and come into Victor from the east on the CS&CCD, switch over to the MT, and stop at the MT station before going up the MT branch and around to Cripple Creek, reversing the process leaving the district, of course.

I don't know how long that this operation lasted but probably only something less than 10 years, but for a while it put Victor on the main line, rather than at the end of two branches.