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Bernie's Colorado Journeys; learns about the Denver and Rio Grande engine #169 - show #22

On my travels I recently visited the City of Alamosa, Colorado, about 4 hours South-West of Denver. This farming community, settled in 1877, needed a railroad to move its bounty to the big city markets, and it got one on July 4th, 1878. Stores, churches and houses from Garland City, 25 miles east of Alamosa, were transported on flat bed cars, set up, and occupied within a matter of a few days. A Mr. Joe Perry of the Perry House, served his guests a big breakfast in Garland City; and that night he served them supper in the same building in its new Alamosa location. The Denver and Rio Grande Railway steam locomotive #169, built in 1883, is on display in Cole Park and has a colorful history.  She was involved in three fatal wrecks and has the reputation as a “jinxed” locomotive, despite her survival to this day by side stepping all the WWII metal scrap drives. Now that could have been the end of her story, had it not been for a dedicated group of railroad enthusiasts, “The Friends of the 169” a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, determined to give the “little engine that could” a new lease on life. Their dream is to see the 169 in action once again, as a fully functioning locomotive.

http://www.friendsof169.com/

info@friendsof169.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTrZLlwcO9I

http://www.museumtrail.org/engine-no-169.html

https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/e13c52fb-39a1-4825-8492-14ca7f0c3f20/

Published: 8/23/2017 0 Comments
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Rating: TV-G
Language: English
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