Re: TWO non-Operational K-37s on the D&S ...

Bruce R. Pier Wrote:
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> The D&S owns two, the 493 and the 497 [sic].
> Both are stuffed & mounted with no plans
> in the foreseeable future for them to be re-
> turned to operational condition.


The D&SNG owns #498, not #497.  #498 has NOT been "stuffed & mounted", but her remains are parked behind the museum wing of the roundhouse and not easily visible from anywhere else on the property.  #498 was the last K-37 used by the D&RGW; she pulled the very last revenue freight over Cumbres Pass on August 29, 1968, and has not run since her fire was dropped that evening.  (See [ngdiscussion.net] for a few pics.)

Here's a photo of D&SNG Museum Curator / Watercolor Artist par excellence Jeff Ellingson in front of #498, ready access to which helped ensure that the details on the painting he's holding are extremely accurate:

For a closer view of the painting - and an initial fundraising proposal for the restoration of a K-37 - see [ngdiscussion.net].

- Russ



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/2012 09:43PM by Russo Loco.