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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | M&PP 5 |
Here in 2006, still at the end of the track by the depot, where I last saw it over 30 years ago: http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... ingsCO.jpg |
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| Author: | wesp [ Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M&PP 5 |
Is this the engine they had operating for a time in the 1980s? Wesley |
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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M&PP 5 |
No, that was No. 4, which is still stored in one of the engine sheds at Manitou as far as I know. Here are the current locations of the four remaining steam locomotives: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/ddsearchnew.cfm No. 1 was displayed at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in the 1960s, but traded for No. 4 at the Colorado RR Museum about 1979, when the latter was put back into operation at Manitou. No. 2 has been on display at the park in Manitou for many decades, since about 1940 according to some sources. It was there when I was a little kid and I still have a local trinket from that time depicting it on its plinth. No. 3 was scrapped, probably late 40s/ early 50s. A side tank from it was a trash container at the top of the Mt. Manitou incline for many years. No. 4 was given to the Colorado RR Museum about 1968, but returned about 1979 for operation. No. 5 has never left the property to my knowledge. Stored for many years, it was put on display sometime in the 1960s. No. 6 was scrapped, but I don't know the date. Nos. 1 and 2 (and perhaps 3, can't remember) were built as simple engines, but compounded and reconfigured a few years later, like the latter locomotives. If I recall, No. 6 was an 0-6-0T instead of an 0-4-2T. Diesels began running in 1939, but steam made occasional passenger trips until about 1958 and was used to plow snow until about 1960. |
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