C&TSR Celebrates Restoration of D&RG No. 168
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October 14, 2019 saw the
October 14, 2019 saw the culmination of 4 years of restoration work on D&RG No. 168, a Baldwin 4-6-0, when it pulled D&RG Coach Car No. 292, and caboose 0579, painted in its original red color, from Antonito, Colo., to Lava Tank, a round trip distance of about twenty miles.
The trip celebrated the fund raising efforts of the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec and TRAINS Magazine who awarded its $10,000 2018 Preservation Award to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, N.M., to complete restoration work on D&RG No. 168. The grant sponsored restoration of No. 168's boiler jacket. Hundreds of donors, including prominent philanthropic foundations, contributed to this $501.000 restoration project.
From a visit by TRAINS Magazine to Antonito in July 2019, director of special projects for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Stathi Pappas says, “Our jacket is being made to the Baldwin standards with riveted seams, hooks, and clamps and then it will be blued like a fine firearm to imitate America Iron which was the typical jacketing material in the United States during our period of significance for this locomotive which is about 1916.”
Philadelphia's Baldwin Locomotive Works built the engine in 1883 for the Denver & Rio Grande. The locomotive continued in service for another 50 years and retired from the Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1938, when it was made a public park display in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo.
Work is never done on the railroad and the season is almost over, so D&RG No.168 is put to work picking up a water car at Lava Tank that was used for the smaller engines such as D&RGW No. 315 and now D&RG No. 168, because the water tank at Lava is no longer functional.
After the tank car was coupled and the train was reversed, a ceremony was held at Lava Tank to honor the donors and the crew. On hand were Commissioner Dan Love, and Matt Mayberry and Kate Paul of the Colorado Springs Parks Department. Trains Magazine was represented by Thomas Scalf.
Non-alcoholic Champagne was toasted and President of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, John Bush, spoke briefly saying, “We dedicate this locomotive to successful future use and strong partnerships with the city of Colorado Springs and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.”
Fourth generation railroaders, engineer Max Casias and fireman Carlos Llamas operated D&RG 168, with Cody Underwood serving as brakeman and Stathi Pappas working as the conductor. Veronica Bush, Director of Marketing for the C&TSR and Adam Phillips, who recently joined the Special Projects Department, were also on hand. The trip was well documented by photographers Jerry Day, Dick Bell, and Steve Forney.
The trip celebrated the fund raising efforts of the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec and TRAINS Magazine who awarded its $10,000 2018 Preservation Award to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, N.M., to complete restoration work on D&RG No. 168. The grant sponsored restoration of No. 168's boiler jacket. Hundreds of donors, including prominent philanthropic foundations, contributed to this $501.000 restoration project.
From a visit by TRAINS Magazine to Antonito in July 2019, director of special projects for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Stathi Pappas says, “Our jacket is being made to the Baldwin standards with riveted seams, hooks, and clamps and then it will be blued like a fine firearm to imitate America Iron which was the typical jacketing material in the United States during our period of significance for this locomotive which is about 1916.”
Philadelphia's Baldwin Locomotive Works built the engine in 1883 for the Denver & Rio Grande. The locomotive continued in service for another 50 years and retired from the Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1938, when it was made a public park display in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo.
Work is never done on the railroad and the season is almost over, so D&RG No.168 is put to work picking up a water car at Lava Tank that was used for the smaller engines such as D&RGW No. 315 and now D&RG No. 168, because the water tank at Lava is no longer functional.
After the tank car was coupled and the train was reversed, a ceremony was held at Lava Tank to honor the donors and the crew. On hand were Commissioner Dan Love, and Matt Mayberry and Kate Paul of the Colorado Springs Parks Department. Trains Magazine was represented by Thomas Scalf.
Non-alcoholic Champagne was toasted and President of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, John Bush, spoke briefly saying, “We dedicate this locomotive to successful future use and strong partnerships with the city of Colorado Springs and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.”
Fourth generation railroaders, engineer Max Casias and fireman Carlos Llamas operated D&RG 168, with Cody Underwood serving as brakeman and Stathi Pappas working as the conductor. Veronica Bush, Director of Marketing for the C&TSR and Adam Phillips, who recently joined the Special Projects Department, were also on hand. The trip was well documented by photographers Jerry Day, Dick Bell, and Steve Forney.
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