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Steam & Excursion > San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 odditiesDate: 06/13/19 06:07 San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: valmont The agricultural area of the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado was home to this short line ... here's San Luis Valley Southern's 2-8-0 #106 @ Blanca, CO on Oct. 1, 1953.
Pics 2 is San Luis Valley Southern M300 that I shot in Blanca, CO on Oct. 5, 1979 Pic 3 looks like something from the 'Wild, Wild West' TV series from the mid-60's .... it's Southern San Luis Valley D500, a lovely home-built switcher! Date: 06/13/19 06:27 Re: San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: elueck It looks as if this thing was built on the chassis of a former D&RGW idler car. Note the 3 way coupler pocket for switching the coupler to narrow gauge positions on either side of the SG position.
Date: 06/13/19 10:31 Re: San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: zephyrus elueck Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It looks as if this thing was built on the chassis > of a former D&RGW idler car. Note the 3 way > coupler pocket for switching the coupler to narrow > gauge positions on either side of the SG position. Reportedly built on the chassis of a former DRGW steam engine tender. Z Date: 06/13/19 12:28 Re: San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: elueck The tender would work also, but it seems quite short for a tender.
Date: 06/13/19 14:34 Re: San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: callum_out If memory serves me, it was built off the tender of the other 2-8-0 #105.
Out Date: 06/13/19 16:43 Re: San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: grizzledgary Wow, those are some nice images. While I most always find "home-built" equipment (especially standard gauge...) at least interesting it typically isn't because I find it to be very attractive. The D500 sort of fits that bill but even it is strangely appealing. However, that M-300 has the stuff! The lighting and background don't hurt a bit either, a great shot. I'd love to find some others of it "whole" and in service . Many thanks to member valmont for sharing these.
Date: 06/13/19 19:12 Re: San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: Earlk callum_out Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > If memory serves me, it was built off the tender > of the other 2-8-0 #105. > > Out The D500 was built on the frame of a dual-gauge idler flat (hence the 3-way coupler pockets on each end), which in turn was built from the tender frame of a standard gauge 2-8-0 (but not #105). 105's tender ended up behind the 106 (D&RG 583) when it was bought by the Colorado RR Museum. I don't know what appened to the 106's tender. Date: 06/13/19 19:41 Re: San Luis Valley Southern 2-8-0 #106 (1953) & 2 oddities Author: Harlock Great picture of #106. Here is one I ran across recently by Tom Guildersleeve. Was in a slide collection I was scanning. It would be 1955 or prior, when they were still running steam.
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