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Mike Trent

April 22, 2005 04:26PM

That engine wouldn't have survived either if the D&RGW still owned it at the end.
For some reason I don't understand, it was numbered #583 for a long time at the Museum. Then the tender was switched and so was the number.
As I understand it, the wholesale destruction of the D&RGW steam fleet was Pearlman's doing. And he did it well. Every single one, gone without a trace. It's really a miracle that so much narrow gauge stuff survived.

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Please pardon an SG question?	T. Bones	April 22, 2005 12:34PM
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Re: 583/683- The Last Survivor.	rdmstr	April 23, 2005 09:37AM
The 0-6-0.	Bob Yarger	April 23, 2005 10:33AM
Re: 583/683- The Last Survivor.	Mike Trent	April 23, 2005 11:23AM
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Re: 583/683- The Last Survivor.	Daniel Maxwell	April 23, 2005 10:03PM
Re: 583/683- The Last Survivor.	Ken	April 26, 2005 10:34AM
Re: 583/683- The Last Survivor.	Daniel Maxwell	April 27, 2005 06:59AM
There were two.	Bob Yarger	April 22, 2005 07:40PM
Leadville C & S 0-8-0 /R&RGW C 48	Hobosteve	April 26, 2005 09:00AM
Re: Leadville C & S 0-8-0 /R&RGW C 48	Rick Steele	April 26, 2005 06:08PM
Re: Leadville C & S 0-8-0 /R&RGW C 48	Hobosteve	April 27, 2005 02:00AM

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