Re: Goose 4 361ci motor

Granflaten Wrote:
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> I believe the GMC in #5 was shot and the GGHS
> replaced it with a Rio.


The engine in question was a Reo that was installed in Goose 3 at Knotts. They replaced it with a Cummins Turbo Diesel. Knotts then gave the REO to the Dolores group. The Dolores group decided to rebuild the 361 GMC that was in No.5. The GGHS then traded the REO to the Colorado Railroad Museum for No.5's "telegraphone". The CRRM had already rebuilt a 261 Chevy six to put #7. The REO was a spare. The CRRM really had no use for the REO and it was given back to Dolores where it resides today. Two of us Museum guys picked up the REO motor in Dolores and initially brought it to Golden. The original 361 GMC from No. 7 was also traded back to Dolores along with it's 5 speed transmission as a spare. That motor had a lot of GMC logos on it's parts. All due respect to Rich.. The Dolores guys rebuilt their 361 from information and parts obtained from a military collectors group in California. Karl Schaeffer of Ridgway Museum Fame has documentation on what military vechicle the GMC 361's were slated for. Karl, if your out there please add your two cents worth.
Rich Johnson,
Would you agree that the WWII 6X6's duece and a half had 270 cubic inch GMC sixes in them, as well as other sixes made under license by other US manufacturers?
Bill Gould



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2011 09:25PM by HighCommander.