Re: Locos on the RGS

Pretty much anything narrow gauge owned by the Rio Grande smaller than a K-28 was run on the RGS, along with 4-6-0's from the F&CC and the Denver Circle. Essentially, here is a breakdown of all power 'owned' by the Southern, all are 2-8-0s, all are Baldwin unless noted.
Order of the columns (which this software doesn't do well) are:

Number / Class / In Service / Out of Service / Previous Owner & #
1st 1 60 Class (C-16) 1890 1904 D&RG 242
2nd 1 56 Class 1906 1913 D&RG 56/RGS 35/BC&F 1
2 60 Class 1890 1916 D&RG 256
3 60 Class 1891 1926 D&RG 243
4 60 Class 1890 1901 D&RG 244
5 60 Class 1891 1904 D&RG 245
6 60 Class 1891 1926 D&RG 246
7 60 Class 1891 1904 D&RG 247
8 60 Class 1891 1904 D&RG 248
9 60 Class 1891 1904 D&RG 249
10 60 Class 1891 1926 D&RG 250
11 40 Class 2-6-0 1891 1899 D&RG 29
12 60 Class 1891 1926 D&RG 251
13 60 Class 1891 1916 D&RG 252
14 48 Class 0-6-0 1891 1899 D&RG 105
15 60 Class 1891 1926 D&RG 253
16 60 Class 1891 1926 D&RG 254
17 60 Class 1891 1926 D&RG 255
18 60 Class 1891 1916 D&RG 258
19 60 Class 1891 1916 D&RG 259
1st 20 60 Class 1891 1916 D&RG 260
2nd 20 85 Class (T-19) 4-6-0 1916 1951 F&CC 20 Built by Schenectady Loco Wks
21 60 Class 1891 1916 D&RG 261
1st 22 45.5 Class 4-6-0 1892 1916 D&RG 158/RGW 20
2nd 22 85 Class 4-6-0 1916 1942 F&CC 24 Built by Schenectady Loco Wks
23 45.5 Class 4-6-0 1892 1916 D&RG 159/RGW 21
24 45.5 Class 4-6-0 1892 1900 D&RGW 165/RGW 22
1st 25 Class 47.5 4-6-0 1891 1916 Denver Circle 7/RGS 31 Built by Rome Loco Wks
2nd 25 85 Class 4-6-0 1916 1940 F&CC 21 Built by Schenectady Loco Wks
26 - Number never assigned
27 56 Class 1891 1899 D&RG 71/RGS 71
28 56 Class 1891 1900 D&RG 72/RGS 72
29 56 Class 1891 1900 D&RG 73/RGS 73
30 56 Class 1891 1899 D&RG 74/RGS 74
31 56 Class 1891 1900 D&RG 76/RGS 76
32 56 Class 1891 1899 D&RG 77/RGS 77
33 56 Class 1891 1899 D&RG 78/RGS 78
1st 34 56 Class 1891 1892 D&RG 79/RGS 79 to SRR For Shay
2nd 34 2-Truck Shay 1892 1899 SRR 269
35 56 Class 1891 1901 D&RG 80/RGS 80 To BC&F 1/RGS 2nd 1
36 42 Class 4-4-0 1891 1900 D&RG 93
40 70 Class (C-19) 1916 1943 D&RG 411/D&RG S.G. 802/D&RG 402
41 70 Class 1916 1950 D&RG 409
42 70 Class (C-17) 1916 1953 D&RG 420
74 B-4-F 1948 1952 C&NW 30/DB&W 30/C&S 74 Built by Brooks Loco Wks
455 125 Class (K-27) 1939 1953 D&RGW 455
461 125 Class 1950 1953 D&RGW 461

Quite a stable of power but many were out very early. The little 56 class 2-8-0's were too small to be of good service and were gone early. Many of the 60 Class (C-16's) didn't survive the 1903 edict to install automatic air and equipment and were scrapped in 1904. Of the remaining 60 Class only 7 were reboilered in 1916 and the rest scrapped when the three 70 Class and 3 85 Class engines came to the property.

The RGS never had a 'new' locomotive in all its years. Many D&RG(W) locos were leased by the RGS over the years to augment whatever they had on hand.

Hope this helps.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/24/2016 02:01PM by Herb Kelsey.