engines from the 1881 group became D&RGWnumbers 340-349
and were given the new power designation of C-19.
In early 1936, the D&RGW leased three C-19s – 343, 345, and 346
– to the Colorado and Southern. When the C&S narrow gauge end-
ed in April 1937, all three locos were returned to the D&RGW.
Today, four locos survive:
D&RGW 346, ex-D&RG 406 resides at the Colorado Railroad
Museum.
D&RGW 340/RGS 40 runs at Knott’s Berry Farm in California
as D&RGW 340.
D&RG 409/RGS 41 runs at Knott’s Berry Farm (California) as
RGS 41.
D&RG 420 / RGS 42 is cosmetically preserved in the muse-
um inside the roundhouse at Durango.
For more historical details, see the Blackstone Models website:
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