Re: Brooks Moguls...

C&S #21 and #22 were Brooks moguls in name only. In the 1890s, they were re-built with new straight boilers, new frames, new drivers, new cabs, new domes, new stacks, new cylinders (note that #21 and #22 don't say "Brooks" on the cylinder casting after the rebuilds), Items such as the bell and whistle might have been original.

At the formation of the C&S, they had several of the 38" drivered, wagon top boilered Brooks moguls on the roster. They had #21 and #22 which had been rebuilt to match the specs of the straight boilered Cooke moguls, and they had the Cooke moguls. Then, within the first few years, they re-boilered #4-10 with wagon top boilers. In the late teens, #4-10 received new frames as well...frames with the same driver spacing as the long since sold/scrapped/rebuilt Brooks moguls....but these Cooke moguls retained their 40" drivers.

Michael

Steve Hughes Wrote:
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> Taylor,
> Last year I acquired a 2 1/2 to 12 live steam
> replica of the C&S#22, which is a Brooks mogul
> built in 1882 for Denver, South Park, & Pacific as
> #35, and named the Dillon. The Dillon originally
> sported a wagon top boiler. I really don't know
> too much about the prototype, but there are photos
> of it in the The 2004 Narrow Gauge Annual. It
> became DSP&P #102, and later Denver, Leadville, &
> Gunnison #102, where it was rebuild in 1894. By
> 1899 it belonged to the Colorado & Southern as
> #22. There are several sets of drawings of the
> #22, but I don't know of any original plans.
> Attached is a photo of the loco I now own. I
> always appreciate the additions and corrections
> from the members of this forum, all of whom are
> more knowledgeable than I. Taylor let me know if
> you can't find that issue, or if you find
> additional info on the #22. I think you still
> have my e-mail. And get #19 running again so I
> can come back and make another attempt at running
> her!
>