Re: D&S Christmas Tree Train

Jerry474 Wrote:
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> If you would like to know more about the history
> of D&RGW and D&S Christmas trains, I wrote a
> history published in the Rio Grande Modeling &
> Historical Society Prospector Magazine. The D&RGW
> Christmas trains started in Salida in 1949 and
> first one was powered by a K-37.
>
> [www.rgmhs.org]
> ml#Volume13
>
> The 1951 Santa train at Salida was powered by
> 481.
> [attachment 59809 481-Salida-RWR12-22-1951-1.jpg]
>
> Still doing it 68 years later.
> [attachment 59811 _Z704271.jpg]


Really amazing to top and realize this is just another part of the history that makes these locos and equipment so unique and special! Thanks Jerry.

William
aka drgwk37