From the Altamont Press, an article reading in part: Historic locomotive to return to duty "An old locomotive that sat in an historic park in Breckenridge, Colorado for the past year-and-a-half will soon literally come back to life. The 8,900-pound locomotive was hoisted by a crane onto a flatbed truck and hauled away Monday morning. It's being taken to a place called Uhrich Locomotive Works in Strasburg, CO for refurbishing. After that, it will be returned to operating service on the Georgetown Loop Railroad. The 1920s steam locomotive, also called Engine 111, has a rich history. It is a 2-8-0 Baldwin locomotive that used to run in Central America." Link to Altamont News page, scroll down to find the article: http://railroadnews.net/news/10-26.html Weight sound light, maybe they misplaced a comma. But I always like to hear news of refurbishing old locos, especially ones with Central American heritages. Regards
Maybe it's correct. The boiler on this loco generates helium..... Anyone have a picture of this engine? Or know what will be used to replace it for display? Not the only error on that entire page..... Boxcab E50
As with all "planned" restorations, I'll belive it when the 111 is steaming up the grade at Georgetown. "CBS4) BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. An old locomotive that sat in an historic park in Breckenridge for the past year-and-a-half will soon literally come back to life. The 89,000-pound locomotive was hoisted by a crane onto a flatbed truck and hauled away Monday morning. It's being taken to a place called Uhrich Locomotive Works in Strasburg, Colo. for refurbishing. After that, it will be returned to operating service on the Georgetown Loop Railroad. The 1920s steam locomotive, also called Engine 111, has a rich history. It is a 280 Baldwin locomotive that used to run in Central America. "The state's historical society expressed some interest in using (Engine) 111 on the Georgetown Loop, and they'll replace it with another one for us," Town of Breckenridge spokesman Peter Grosshuesch said. "The town purchased this engine at an auction about a year-and-a-half ago on the Front Range." Marlin Uhrich of Uhrich Locomotive Works told CBS4 that the act of restoring the locomotive for service is a thrill. He said the engine needs a few parts put back, something which will take a year or so. "Tubes are out of it; the water's out of it; the ash pan is out," Uhrich said. "This is what we do. We've been doing it since 1948, and we just love working on locomotives." Uhrich and his crew of engineers will build all the missing parts for the locomotive in their shop. After the work is done and the train is hauled back to the mountains, tourists who want to experience a piece of Colorado's history in person will get to do so when they visit the Georgetown Loop Railroad." Also check out this very reliable webpage; http://www.drgw.net/
Okay, here's another article, with some photos of it arriving at Breckenridge a couple of years ago. Not good photos, but a nice smokebox front..... http://www.goldrunnordic.com/index.cfm?d=standard&b=5&c=23&s=265&p=1042 Regards
Sorry for the delay in responding, but I've been away on vacation for a while. I'm looking to see if I can find anything more recent. But here are some links to photos of the unit when it belonged to the "Sundown & Southern Railroad Co." and a bit more on its history. http://www.bjwrr.com/sundown/111.htm http://www.bjwrr.com/sundown/ssgallery.htm Some recent shots of the locomotive (boiler removed from the frame) at Uhrich can be found here. They mention that "#111's boiler, off the frame and awaiting restoration for the 2007 operating season." But nothing definite. Scrolling down there are some earlier shots of the locomotive and some more historical notes. And this from the The Colorado Historic Railroad Preservation Association, under "Loop News" at their 3/15/2006 meeting: http://www.savethetrain.org/id37.htm " Joseph Bell reconfirmed the #111 was next in line for operational restoration with delivery in 2007. " Best regards Ed
