my Knott’s Berry Farm D&RGW/RGS pictures

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The above link is to my day spent at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California a few weeks ago. Click on “slideshow” at the top right of the screen.

Knott’s acquired several pieces of Colorado narrow gauge equipment in 1951 and 1952. Locomotives 41 (formerly RGS 41, formerly D&RG #409 Red Cliff) and #340 (formerly D&RGW #340, formerly D&RG #400 Green River) both C-19's operate on the Knott’s property along with RGS Goose #3. Rolling stock consists of a healthy collection of former D&RGW closed vestibule coaches, a business car (B-20 EDNA) and parlor car, Durango. Rounding out the collection is RGS short caboose 0402. What is most impressive about the operation is that the management has permitted the shop crew to restore the equipment to the original D&RG and RGS colors shedding the Hollywood appliances and gaudy paint jobs.

Many thanks go out to Michael Ripley, Jeff Taylor, Matthew Hoover, and the rest of the Knott’s steam crew who went above and beyond with their hospitality. My pictures do not do the D&RGW/RGS collection justice, I strongly encourage anyone near Southern California to spend a day at Knott’s; you will not be disappointed.

a “(Rio)-Grande-(Western)” time in “(Rio Grande)-Southern” California,
Matthew