Re: C&S 9 status

locoboilerguy Wrote:
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> There is nothing that we can find on the engine
> which is original. The boiler and frame were
> replaced. The cylinders bear C&S casting markings,
> the domes are C&S and UP and all the valve gear
> pieces have C&S castings markings just to name a
> few things. But it is original to 1939. We
> replaced the Griffen Denver lead truck wheels with
> new ones because the scope of work included that.

> John Braun

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John,

During my employment with the "Old Loop" I spent quite a bit of time prowling about No. 9. (I lived in the water car at Silver Plume yard and it was a short walk..) The only thing that seemed original was a cab support casting underneath (if I remember correctly) the fireman's side. It was a little cryptic, because it had the letters (again, if I remember right) "D&P" or possibly "DSP." I am wondering if the support still exists on the engine. If so, it may very well be the only original piece there. I wish now I had photographed it or at least written down the casting's imprint.

Seems like I remember reading that the frames were replaced in the big rebuild, also.

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner