Denver
& Rio Grande
Locomotive
History
Last
Update: 11-26-2011
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| Road:
Denver & Rio Grande |
Road
#: 223 |
 From:
1881 |
To:
1924 |
Class:
60 |
Gauge:
N |
| Acquired:
New |
Name:
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| Builder:
Grant, # 1436, 1881 |
Wt:
60000 |
Tract.
Eff.: 13800 |
| Wheel
Arr.: 2-8-0 |
Cylinders:
15x20 |
Drivers:
36.00 |
| Disposition:
Re-classified |
| Photographs:
p 17 [16] |
| Drawings:
p 54 [23] |
| Notes:
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| Road:
Denver & Rio Grande Western |
Road
#: 223 |
| From:
1924 |
To:
1941 |
Class:
C16 |
Gauge:
N |
| Acquired:
Used |
Name:
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| Builder:
Grant, # 1436, 1881 |
Wt:
60000 |
Tract.
Eff.: 16540 |
| Wheel
Arr.: 2-8-0 |
Cylinders:
15x20 |
Drivers:
36.00 |
| Disposition:
To the City of Salt Lake City, Utah for preservation 12/1941 |
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Photographs:
p 152 [1], p 44 [8]
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OP-7439,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Gunnison, CO, Perspective: 3/4R
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OP-7440,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Gunnison, CO, Perspective: RS
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OP-7441,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Gunnison, CO, Perspective: 3/4L
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OP-7763,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Gunnison, CO, westbound, Freight,
27 cars, north of Gunnison, Baldwin Branch, 278 pushing
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OP-7764,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Gunnison, CO, westbound, Freight,
27 cars, north of Gunnison, Baldwin Branch, 278 pushing
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OP-7765,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Dollard, CO, westbound, Freight,
27 cars, near Dollard, Baldwin Branch, 278 pushing
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OP-7766,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Castleton, CO, westbound, Freight,
27 cars, near Castleton, Baldwin Branch, 278 pushing
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OP-7767,
D&RGW 223, 07/04/40, Baldwin, CO, westbound, Freight,
27 cars, Baldwin Branch, 278 pushing
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| Drawings:
p 54 [23] |
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Notes:
To Utah Historical Society 1979 To the Golden Spike
Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
(by the Utah Hisorical Society) and is currently under restoration
(dismantled) in Ogden, Utah, at the Utah State Railroad
Museum. 223 was moved in 1990 or 1991. So far, the restoration
team has concentrated on the tender only. The trucks have
been completely rebuilt, and the wood on the tender frame
has been renewed. The original tender tank is so far gone
that a new one is being constructed, at a great cost. The
locomotive itself has not yet been started on, save for
removing the asbestos. The boiler is in very poor shape
after having been on display outdoors since 1941 with wet
asbestos under the boiler jacket. There is also a problem
in that the city of Salt Lake construction crews that moved
223 from Liberty Park to the Utah State Historical Society
in 1979 bent the frame and rods (so badly that the drive
wheels will no longer turn - even with the rods disconnected).
Currently
being restored!
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