((The #375 was known as a little Mudhen because it could pull as much as a K-27.))

I spent hours with a retired D&RGW engineer who fired the 375 on its second run on the D&RG to Crested Butte. He told me the "little mudhen" term was only used on the 360 and 361.

The D&RG had a number of problems with the 375 and it was not as reliable as the mudhens; that is why they pulled it off the Crested Butte branch. The CF&I was the D&RG's biggest customer and the CF&I did not like to have their coal and coke delayed.

The 375 was rebuilt in the mid-20s at the Alamosa shops and was a much more reliable locomotive after that.