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Railroad |
No. |
Class |
Type |
Current Status |
Notes |
RGS |
20 |
T-19 |
4-6-0 |
Operational |
See 1 |
RGS |
42 |
C-17 |
2-8-0 |
On Display Inoperable |
See 2 |
MLCo. |
271 |
C-16 |
2-8-0 |
Scrapped |
See 3 |
D&RGW |
315 |
C-18 |
2-8-0 |
Operational |
See 4 |
D&RGW |
346 |
C-19 |
2-8-0 |
Operational |
See 5 |
D&RGW |
375 |
C-25 |
2-8-0 |
Scrapped |
See 6 |
D&RGW |
464 |
K-27 |
2-8-2 |
Operational |
See 7 |
D&RGW |
473 |
K-28 |
2-8-2 |
Operational |
See 8 |
D&RGW |
476 |
K-28 |
2-8-2 |
Operational |
See 9 |
D&RGW |
478 |
K-28 |
2-8-2 |
Stored – Awaiting Overhaul |
See 10 |
D&RGW |
488 |
K-36 |
2-8-2 |
Operational |
See 11 |
D&RGW |
493 |
K-37 |
2-8-2 |
Operational |
See 12 |
NOTE 1: Originally built in 1899 for the F&CC. Purchased by the RGS in 1915 and became RGS 20. Purchased by the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, ownership was later transferred to the Colorado Railroad Museum. On August 1, 2020, after a fifteen-year long overhaul, No. 20 returned to operation.
Note 2: Stored unserviceable in the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum due to multiple cracks in the frame from use in plowing snow. Number 42 is currently restored cosmetically and on permanent display.
Note 3: Used as the Durango switcher until sold to the Montezuma Lumber Company in 1941. Scrapped in 1947.
Note 4: Used as the Durango switcher during WW II. Donated to the Durango Rotary Club for display in 1950. Ownership later transferred to Durango Railroad Historical Society. Currently in operating condition and operates as “visiting motive power” on the C&TS or D&SNG.
Note 5: A true narrow gauge boomer, the 346 operated everywhere in the D&RGW narrow gauge system. Was also leased to the C&S where it was wrecked and rebuilt. Later served as the Durango switcher before being sold to the Montezuma Lumber Company on May 19, 1947. Purchased by Bob Richardson, founder of the Colorado Railroad Museum in September of 1950. Property of the Colorado Railroad Museum and is currently operational.
Note 6: Built for the CRRR in 1903. Acquired in 1916 as D&RG 432. Renumbered to 375 in 1924. Was the lone example of the C-25 class, often operating on the Silverton Branch. Scrapped in Alamosa, CO, June 21, 1949.
Note 7: Withdrawn from service and retired in 1962 by the D&RGW. Sold to Knotts Berry Farm in California in 1973. Sold to the Huckleberry Railroad in Flint, MI, in 1981 and restored to operation. At the time of publication was undergoing an overhaul.
Note 8: At the time of publication was undergoing a complete overhaul and conversion to oil burning configuration by the D&SNG shops.
Note 9: Returned to operation in February 14, 2018 on the D&SNG.
Note 10: Currently stored awaiting overhaul on the D&SNG.
Note 11: Currently in operation on the C&TS Railroad.
Note 12: Restored to operation in the summer of 2020. The 493 is the first D&SNG locomotive to be reconfigured as an oil burner.
Abbreviations:
C&S: Colorado & Southern
C&TS: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
CRRR: Crystal River Railroad
D&SNG: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
D&RGW: Denver & Rio Grande Western
F&CC: Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad
MLCo: Montezuma Lumber Company
RGS: Rio Grande Southern
Notes Regarding
RGS Galloping Geese
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Number |
Year Built |
Disposition |
Current Status |
1 |
1931 |
Scrapped 1933 |
Replica at Ridgway |
2 |
1931 |
Colorado Railroad Museum |
Operational |
3 |
1931 |
Knotts Berry Farm |
Operational |
4 |
1932 |
Telluride |
Operational |
5 |
1933 |
Dolores |
Operational |
6 |
1934 |
Colorado Railroad Museum |
Operational |
7 |
1936 |
Colorado Railroad Museum |
Operational |
