Re: Another to get Converted - This Time 481

Cbq4002 Wrote:
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> The 400 has CB&Q design written all over it. Do I
> wish it could be D&rGW, sure. Would be nice if a
> D&RGW St. gauge mike, or any other wheel
> arrangement for that matter, had been saved. Just
> my (cheap $.02)
> Ron

Mikes weren't that common on the (std ga) D&RGW. Only two classes, #1200-1213 (Class K-59, originally class 280 - same numbers, Baldwin 1912) and #1220-1229 (Class K-63, orig D&SL 400-409, 400-401 Lima 1915, 408-409 ALCO 1916) So, only 25 engines total and 10 of those from D&SL! A Consol or a Ten Wheeler would be much more representative. Or, if you insist on post-Edwardian engines, one of the big simple Artic's or Mountains or even Northerns[1] would be more representative.

For the record:

K-59: 1201 scrapped 1938, rest of class scrapped 1948 (3 engines) to 1955 (4 engines) with #1207 hanging in there until 9/56
K-63: #1223 scrapped 1948, rest of class 1949 (1) to 1956 (2) with 1229 being the last in 10/56

Hank

The Grande classed Northerns(19 engines) & Mountains(40 engines) all as class M-xx