Bumblebee

Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2003 11:55 am

Rio Grande 268 has had its "bumblebee" paint job completed and is under a new shelter at the museum in Gunnison, CO. Photos at link below. This paint scheme was first applied in 1949, when the locomotive represented the D&RGW at the Chicago RR Fair. Afterward, it returned to regular service out of Gunnison, where it participated in scrapping of the trackage in 1955. It was the last C-16 class in operation.

http://users3.ev1.net/~ddye/268.htm
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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2003 12:10 pm

Detailed restoration report on sister C-16 No. 223, in Utah:

http://www.theunionstation.org/projects/223proj/223text.html
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HP · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2003 7:17 pm

Nice job, nice photos. Good to see a display engine under a roof. Sure as hell hope that's a REPLICA builder's plate on her, though!!!

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