Re: C&TS Shops - What's next, #463 then #483?

hank Wrote:
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> Donald Foster Wrote:
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> > Ed Stabler Wrote:
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> > > Sounds kinda like the Rio Grande combining
> 317
> > and
> > > 318 (or was it 315) years ago to make one
> good
> > > locomotive. -- Ed
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> > It was the #317 & #318 that were combined. I
> > beleave the running gear was from the #318 &
> the
> > boiler from the #317.
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> Other way 'round according to RWR
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> Hank
I know Bob Richardson had said that, but I actually heared it personnally from Cornelious Hauck some years ago that it was indeed #317's boiler & and #318's running gear. The difference in both engines was very slight, though comparing photos of the #317 and before and after pictures of the #318, I tend to believe Corney. The #318 had a replacement set of cylinders added sometime pryor to the swap which were still on the loco after the switch. The #317 still seemed to have the original as built cylinders all of its working life.

The #318 had some extra bolts or studs on the side of its smokebox which were not on the #317. These again disappeared after the switch.

Interestingly, the #318 had a latter day steam dome cover, where as the #317 kept its original cover all of its working life. Whichever boiler was used, the latter day cover was kept.

Maybe someone from the Colorado Railroad Museum could shed more light on this.

Donald Foster