Re: RGS #20 Fired Up!

Volvoguy87 Wrote:
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> I'm curious. What was the occasion of #20's
> final run under her own power in Nov. 1951? Where
> did she go, what work did she do?

Well there is a delay report dated 11-21-1951 at mile post 151, for the 20 reprinted in Sunset on the RGS vol II. Says extra west, so it could be a late stock train headed to Durango or a load of Empty stock cars. Also could be just a regular freight. It is a west bound so she was headed to Durango. This could likely be her last run.

They put an embargo on frieght operations on the north end on 11-26-51. The last train out of Rico left on 11-29-51, after that the last trains out of Durango were run in December with 464.

She remained in Durango till the end.

Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/2019 11:39PM by Jeff Taylor.