Nostalgia & History > D&RGW Krauss-Maffei #4002

I recently acquired this duplicate slide (brand unknown) of 2 of Rio Grande's 3 diesel-hydraulic engines built by Krauss-Maffei leading a westbound manifest up the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, towards Rocky Siding and the Big Ten Curves.  Photographer and date are unknown.

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Is that a foamer pacing it? Lol

​I wish someone wouldve had tape recordings of those units in action. Always wanted to know what they sounded like.

I was there.  Don't know if my slide is as good, this is only a low-res scan I did a few years back.  Ken Crist and Wes (last name forgotten) were there that day.   The sound was very much like a diesel truck (or an Alco).  It was the "humm" that was different.  I'll look up the date.  (edit: is was February 11, 1962.)

Ed



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/16 08:11 by Auburn_Ed.

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wonder if the test car saw much use after this project?  it hung on at Burnham to the eighties

dan Wrote:
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> wonder if the test car saw much use after this
> project?  it hung on at Burnham to the eighties

I imagine the test car was still used throughout the 1960's and into 70's.  Remember D&RGW was still buying new models during that time frame, such as the GP30's,GP35's, GP40's, SD45's, 1966/67,GP40-2's 1972 and the tunnel motors starting in 1974

Cheers, Jim Fitch

Auburn_Ed Wrote:
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> I was there.
> Don't know if my slide is as good, this is only a low-res scan I did a few years back.
> Ken Crist and Wes (last name forgotten) were there that day.
> The sound was very much like a diesel truck (or an Alco).
> It was the "humm" that was different.
> I'll look up the date.
> (edit: is was February 11, 1962.)
>
> Ed

Ed,

Thank you very much for the reply!

wigwag Wrote:
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> Is that a foamer pacing it? Lol
>
> ​I wish someone wouldve had tape recordings of
> those units in action. Always wanted to know what
> they sounded like.

Wigwag, you might be able to hear one as the SP 9010 is under restoration at the Niles Canyon Railway.  

http://sp9010.ncry.org/

Bob

Remember what "portable" tape recorders looked like back then?  And today you can buy a VERY good digital recorder for under 100 bucks(Tascam DR-05).  I rented one last year to record the sounds of the Nevada Northern and they work GREAT.  Clamp on right below your camera on a tripod and you can expect movie like sound.  Wish I had one that day.  All I had was a stinkin' Argus C-3 which I could not master well enough.  

Ed

Last nme Haas. Worked for CBQ at Alliance for a time. Nice guy.

Thank you Bill!  Wes Haas, it was.  Ain't the internet wonderful?  Anyone know if he's around?

Ed

Last I heard he had retired and moved back to Denver.