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Steam & Excursion > 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gaugeDate: 09/02/25 07:27 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: jdw3460 June 1947 D&RGW sheep train on the Creede branch at Wasson, Colorado Photo by Joe Watts (age 10) taken with a Kodak Baby Brownie.
 Date: 09/02/25 10:12 Re: 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: tomstp I sure liked the looks of those engines.
Date: 09/02/25 14:51 Re: 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: callum_out C48s were pretty much the end of standard gauge steam and in less than 10 years from the shot date.
Out Date: 09/03/25 19:14 Re: 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: tomstp Last two standard gauge steam were L-132 # 3612 and another 2-8-8-2 iin helper service east bound thru the moffat tunnel and cut off till traffic cleared.after clearing the tnnel. Then coupled to gether they drifted down to Denver to the engine terminal where their fires were dropped for ever.
Date: 09/03/25 20:19 Re: 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: callum_out Interesting, I was always under the impression that the remaining C-48 in Alamosa was last under steam.
Out Date: 09/03/25 21:44 Re: 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: Earlk The last standard gauge steam run on the D&RGW was on December 26, 1956. C-48 class #1151 ran a turn from Alamosa to South Fork (on the Creede Branch) and return.
Date: 09/06/25 09:25 Re: 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: dan Joe Watts , same family as Bernie Watts?
Date: 09/08/25 07:43 Re: 1947 D&RGW steam on standard gauge Author: tomstp My goof. I meant to say helper svc to the Moffat tunnel. It was the last run of the L-131 L-132 series. Got distracted, which gets easier to happen.
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