Re: Montrose Freight Station

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> FWIW we have a film clip in our "Rio Grande
> Standard Gauge Steam" video showing a 4-6-2 at the
> depot in Montrose. This was a train that ran to
> Grand Junction and beyond, or connected with one
> there. I believe the date was around 1951, and it
> is from the Grandt film collection. Apparently
> there isn't much film(Movies that is) of steam in
> Montrose.
> Greg Scholl

Would have been 319/320, the Montrose section of the Mountaineer (19/20 overnight Denver-Grand Jct-Montrose via the Moffat Route) which cam off Between Grand Jct & Montrose in June of '52.

>
> Here is our preview clip for the video. The
> scene at the depot is shown briefly at the 41-42
> second mark, with a 700 series engine.
>



Appears to be #784, a T-28 (4-6-0) which, IIRC, was the last of the class and was scrapped in 1948 or '49. At any rate, the last 700's were all scrapped before 1950.
D&RG(W) only had 6 4-6-2's (class P-44 in '24), I forget their original numbers (1100-1105?) in 1912 but they were 800-805 from 1924 until they were scrapped in the early 1950's.

Hank