RGS #20 Fired Up!

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2019 5:30 pm

A friend have privately asked me, "Has anyone begged the RR on Facebook to operate a charter or regular passenger run with the 20 before it's sent back to Colorado?"

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2876

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

A friend have privately asked me, "Has anyone begged the RR on Facebook to operate a charter or regular passenger run with the 20 before it's sent back to Colorado?"

How much 36" track does SRR have?

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2019 6:03 pm

PMC wrote:

How much 36" track does SRR have?

That's the joke........... The overzealous "foamers" prevalent in many Facebook groups wouldn't think that through.

EDM · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2019 6:11 pm

A charter with RGS 20? Of course it was a joke. What was serious a few years ago was some newspaper reporter's idea for getting more NJ Transit trains into New York. Why not divert some NJ Transit trains to the PATH tunnels? Had no clue that they wouldn't fit-

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

Dave Albright · **Posted:** Fri May 24, 2019 6:16 am

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

PMC wrote:

How much 36" track does SRR have?

That's the joke........... The overzealous "foamers" prevalent in many Facebook groups wouldn't think that through.

I know of a place not that far away where you could. The late Dave Boyer and I used to joke about that.

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Fri May 24, 2019 7:10 am

And we have another winner from Lynn and Kelly and the rest for steam!

She'll look great when things are finally done; I just wish we still had the RGS for her to run on.

scwillis51 · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:01 pm **Posts:** 32

"Ticket to Tomahawk" engine #1 of the Tomahawk & Western,aka the Emma Sweeny lives!

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2876

It arrived back in Golden today: https://coloradorailroadmuseum.org/2019 ... 0-returns/

Charlie · **Posted:** Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:49 am

Speaking of "Ticket To Tomahawk," whatever happened to RGS 20's stunt double? The one that later became the ultimate "Petticoat Junction" trivia answer.

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1087

Charlie wrote:

Speaking of "Ticket To Tomahawk," whatever happened to RGS 20's stunt double? The one that later became the ultimate "Petticoat Junction" trivia answer.

The Durango Railroad Historical Society acquired it, placed it in the shelter that had housed D&RGW #315, and restored it. See:
Durango RR Historical Society - Emma Sweeny
and
Durango RR Historical Society - Emma Sweeny Restoration

Charlie · **Posted:** Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:19 am

Chris, many thanks for the info and links. Interesting stuff.

Would love to see the RGS 20 make a return trip to Silverton.

nedsn3 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:59 pm

Charlie- Don't you mean Durango? Not sure 20 ever made it to Silverton. Ned

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477