Nicely said, Dave, you do address many things us modern railfans have to deal with in terms of historical accuracy, and I'm glad you are aware of such constraints.
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>The C-18 class--not original to the
> D&RG and numbering even fewer than the C-19
> class--has two survivors, one operational.
This is even more of a minor nitpick, but a 3rd C-18 class locomotive is still in existence, but it was never classed as a C-18 as the D&RG didn't purchase it, instead it went to the Uintah Railway. It later made its way onto the Eureka
& PalisadeNorthern, then was on display at a casino in Las Vegas, and made it to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City where its currently located today. C-18s have distinctive domes and bell placement, as well as connecting rod positioning with the 3rd driver. This locomotive retains said features, making it obvious its a F&CC Consolidation. Photos of EN 7/URY 12: [
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ngdiscussion.net]
Back more on topic but still related to C-18s, The folks restoring the #223 were kind enough to let the DRHS use their tender trucks for the first couple months of #315's first operations back in 2007. The D&S discovered some issues with 315's tender trucks that hadn't been addressed yet and would have significantly delayed 315's bearly caught debut at Railfest.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/2020 08:40PM by Joe Weigman.