Re: Putting 481 back in service

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> [#481] was the last D&RGW steamer restored
> by the RR at the Alamosa shop, thus it was es-
> sentially done. . . .  I suspect they took the dog
> house off 481, cause it doesn't have one now.

#481 still had her dog house when she passed thru Chama on her way from Alamosa to Durango on Dec. 5 - 6, 1968.
See [ngdiscussion.net] for Ernie's photos.

drgwk37 Wrote:
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> Actually 497 was the last locomotive shopped
> in Alamosa for the NG in 1967.  481 was shop-
> ped in 1966.


Technically, #473 was the last narrow-gauge locomotive shopped in Alamosa, during the Autumn of 1968 -

Although the work done on her was probably not as extensive as the complete rebuild done on #481 in 1966 and the heavy shopping of #497 the following year.  See [ngdiscussion.net] for additional info & photos.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender