DRGW Survivors

Yep, that's a standard DRGW gon, and a nice one at that! I don't think of them as beaters but simply having added character

 

D&RGW ex-Railgons

Hi all,
Others beat me to the ex-Railgon explanation, however, I am currently working on a database of D&RGW ex-railgon numbers. So far I have 75 that I can document with either photos or visual observation.
I will post the data base ASAP so others may add to it if you wish.
Thanks.

 

Absolutely, "beater" is a good thing

 

Speaking of Survivors...

Found this sitting in a string of cars north of Durango, Colorado:

Closer view of the paint:

It is still in use given the string of cars it was in...

 

Unfortunately the light was bad for this photo so I had to enhance the color on the photo to make the whole thing stand out...that is the way with railfanning I guess...

 

Good catch! Even my most recent survivor shot below benefited from some slight photo enhancement.



Ben

 

That's a nice Gon Ben. Was that in GJ or Fruita?

 

Thanks! It was in Grand Junction on one of the tracks just south of the depot.

Ben

 

Man, I gotta get up there again! Almost made it last weekend but when I caught up with the Montrose train it took all my time.

 

New Metrolink line Santa Fe NM

Found these on the new Metrolink line that is under construction down the middle of I-25 Between SantaFe and Albuqurque NM

 

I got a few more. Having a hard time figuring out how to do this.

 

A couple more views

 

Denver Union Station

I traveled from Santa Fe to Denver for the weekend. Don't know if the Ski train qualifies as a survivor, But it was a good photo opportunity I would really like to model some of these in HO

 

The baggage cart is definitely a survivor. I saw these pictured in some photos that appeared in the Rio Grande in color book series. They probably have been around since the early 60's

 

Ditto Hemi!!

Nice shots Davec. I need to get down that way to see how construction is going, maybe I'll catch some survivors too

 

So do I. There is so much that is changed. Ther is light rail everywhere. Up and down I-25 and at Union Station. I hardly recognized the place. I used to see the union Station while driving on I-25. It is no longer visible due to all of the high rises being built. Daniels fisher has all been obliterated by larger sky scrapers.