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DRGW 346 Spinning the Drivers C19
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Heavy Loads for the Santa Clause Special taxing the tractive effort of the little C-19 on the 4 percent grade. 346 was built by Baldwin in 1881 as D RG number 406, and was one of a group of 12 identical class 70 locomotives. At the time, the class 70 locomotives were the heaviest power on the D RG, and remained so until the arrival of the K-27 locomotives in 1903. • In 1950 Robert Richardson, owner of the Narrow Gauge Motel at Alamosa, bought 346 from the scrap dealer for $800 and placed her on display at his motel. In 1958 Richardson and Cornelius Huck established the Colorado RR Museum at Golden and 346 was moved there. http://coloradorailroadmuseum.org/ • At the museum a group of volunteers overhauled 346, and on July 1962 a fire was built in the firebox and had she soon had steam pressure for the first time in 14 years. In 2001, after many years of providing steam operation at the museum, she was trucked to the Strasburg Railroad shop for a complete rebuild, and she is now once again providing steam operation to the delight of the museum visitors, both young and old. • This model is configured as 346 was in the mid 1930s, when she was still with the D RGW and before her wreck and subsequent rebuilding by the Colorado and Southern. It was built from plans from Ken Pruitt and Harry Sherman, from two measuring and picture taking visits to 346 at the Colo. RR Museum, and from measurements and pictures taken by Herb Kelsy. Additional detail was obtained from pictures of #41 and #340 at Knotts Berry Farm. Most historical data is from The Colorado Railroad Museum's publication Locomotive 346 Rebirth for the 21st Century . • And I recommend Tiffen filter's because they can take on a moving train!
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