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GT&C 40 |
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Southern Californias Orange County features two narrow gauge railroads in daily service - One at Disneyland and the other at Knotts Berry Farm. The railroad at Knotts, the Ghost Town & Calico, was opened for service in November 1951 to entertain customers waiting in line for Mrs. Knotts famed Chicken Dinner Restaurant. Walter Knott purchased the equipment from both the Rio Grande Southern, which was in the process of shutting down, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western. A pair of C-19 class 2-8-0 Consolidations, former-RGS 41 and ex-D&RGW 340, were given cosmetic backdating (faux oil burning headlamps and balloon stacks, for example) and painted in bright colors to replicate an "Old West" appearance. Both engines were built in 1881. A variety of passenger cars, freight cars, a short caboose, a Pacific Electric depot and even Rio Grande Southern "Galloping Goose" #3 were part of the collection (along with a handful of former RGS employees to maintain the equipment). Engine #40 "Red Cliff" (the former D&RGW 340) is seen here smoking it up as it pulls its train between a row of eucalyptus trees and some of the extra cars (the short D&RGW caboose, a D&RGW high-side gondola and former RGS business car "San Juan") on a bright January 1961 day. The equipment on this railroad has now been restored to a more historical representation. (Exact date unknown.) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1961 Upload Date: 1/16/2012 8:50:44 PM |
| Location: |
Buena Park, CA |
| Author: |
Frank "Woody" Woodburn |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GTC 40(2-8-0) |
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627 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ghost Town & Calico 40 |
| Description: |
Former D&RGW 2-8-0 430 at Knott's in the days before they cared about historical accuracy. Today this engine is painted in authentic Rio Grande colors. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/1985 Upload Date: 4/5/2007 5:03:17 PM |
| Location: |
Buena Park, CA |
| Author: |
Terry Jeff |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
GTC 40(2-8-0) |
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651 Comments: 0 |
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NKP 0-6-0 #67 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
this stubby little yard goat was built by Lima in May of 1917 (serial #5571, classB-11-b). NKP 0-6-0 #67 served the Nickel Plate for better than 31 years before being sold for scrap on 12/20/1949 to the Purdy & Company. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1941 Upload Date: 2/6/2021 3:30:54 PM |
| Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 67(0-6-0) |
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387 Comments: 0 |
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NYC 2-6-0 #1923, New York Central |
| Description: |
The crew takes a moment to pose for a photo by Forrest Trittenbach before heading out.NYC 2 |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1933 Upload Date: 8/19/2013 6:28:47 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhaqt |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYC 1923(2-6-0) |
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1169 Comments: 0 |
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