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C-16 tender no. 243

WP&Ymike
July 24, 2003 10:06PM
Any of the Rotaries happen to catch a C-16 tender ?
John,
C-16 tender no. 243 ended up behind ON [WP&Y #3]and was last seen in Skagway in 1979 by Gordon Chappell.
Here is his description of it:
"among the seven tenders below the
Skagway cemetery in the summer of 1979 was one obviously off the former
Denver & Rio Grande Western rotary snowplow. And over the decades, weather
had carefully stripped off the later layers of paint to reveal an early
1890s paint and lettering scheme for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. I
don't have the relevant files at hand, so this is off the top of my head,
but as I recall the locomotive number on the rear of the tender was 243,
but whatever number it was, it was a locomotive sold to the Rio Grande
Southern Railroad about 1893, and at the time of the sale, the D&RG must
have switched tenders, keeping the tender of that locomotive for use then
or later with a snowplow. The tender was lettered in block lettering
"Denver & Rio Grande" in mustard yellow (imitating gold) drop shaded to the
right and below with bright red. Near the top (below the flange) and
bottom of the tender were horizontal mustard yellow stripes, I think 1 1/2
inches wide, and 'inside' those, that is, below the top and above the
bottom mustard yellow strips, were horizontal bright red stripes 1/2 inch
wide. On the rear of the tender was the locomotive number, also in mustard
yellow drop shaded in bright red. Early photographs of the Denver & Rio
Grande, of course, do not tell you the colors use on the lettering, so
finding this surviving example of that lettering was priceless. I took
measurements of the strips and color slides."
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278's tender

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C-16 tender no. 243

WP&Ymike July 24, 2003 10:06PM

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John F. Campbell July 25, 2003 11:33AM

Re: R/Robb DOES do history books

Hank Porter July 24, 2003 02:24PM

Re: R/Robb DOES do history books

Jerry Day July 24, 2003 02:37PM

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