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The Rocky Mountain Rail Society (RMRS) is a registered nonprofit organization of volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Canadian National Railway steam locomotive 6060, The Spirit of Alberta. Their goal is to ensure that The Spirit of Alberta remains in full and complete operating condition for the enjoyment of steam rail fans.
In 1994, the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club began leasing No. 22 to the Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation (PPHSRF), in Colorado Springs, and the car was moved there in 1995. [2] When the 10-year lease expired, the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club agreed to sell the streetcar to the PPHSRF, which has a short section of operational ...
Purchased to by the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club in 1951, donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum, and restored from 2006 to 2020, now operational. RGS #41: Built for the D&RG as #409 "Red Cliff" in 1881 by Baldwin, a 2-8-0 Consolidation Locomotive, Classed as a "Class 70" Locomotive. Sold to the RGS, and Renumbered to #41 in 1916.
Denver, South Park & Pacific: A History of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad and Allied Narrow Gauge Lines of the Colorado & Southern Railway Company. Rocky Mountain Railroad Club. Massey, Peter; Wilson, Jeanne (2006). Colorado Trails North–Central Region. Adler Publishing. ISBN 9781930193116.
The statistic information of U.S. Sugar No. 148. No. 148 was the eighth member of ten 4-6-2 Light Pacific class 141 steam locomotives (Nos. 141-150) built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Richmond, Virginia in April 1920, and delivered to the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) two months later.
In May 1993, the locomotive masqueraded as sister engine No. 3967 as part of the 40th anniversary of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion, in which the original 3967 pulled the same excursion on May 17, 1953. [11]
The Denver and Intermountain Railroad was an interurban railway that operated 18 miles (29 km) between Denver and Golden, Colorado. [1] Originating as a steam railroad, the Denver, Lakewood and Golden , the line was opened in 1891 and had built an electrified spur leading into downtown by 1893. [ 2 ]
Rocky Mountaineer was a tourist service, and as such the government felt the funds could be better spent on other bigger priorities. They asked (at the time) Via Rail and CN Rail CEO Ron Lawless to organize the sale of the route, equipment and book of business to the private sector.