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Pictures of CS 58
Owner:
Colorado & Southern
Model:
Alco 2-8-0
Built As:
UN 261 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:
1593
Order No:
Frame Number:
16X18 cylinders, 37" drivers
Built:
2/1886
Notes:
Rhode Island 1886 as Utah & Northern #261, to DL&G 261 in 1890, to C&S 58
Other locos with this serial:
CS 58(2-8-0)
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Title:
CS 2-8-0ng #58 - Colorado & Southern
Description:
Here's another view of CS #58 with the unusual Ridgway Stack - an unusual modification that was a tall pipe led from the rhomboid spark-arresting cap on the stack itself down to the trackbed. Harold Vollrath photo.
Photo Date:
5/1/1931
Upload Date:
5/3/2021 6:05:55 AM
Location:
Como, CO
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CS 58(2-8-0)
Views:
483
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Title:
CS 2-8-0 ng #58 - Colorado & Southern
Description:
Built by Rhode Island in 1887 as Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf #261, it landed on the Colorado & Southern roster when CS took over the UPDG in 1899. The loco had an unusual modification. A tall pipe led from the rhomboid spark-arresting cap on the stack itself down to the trackbed. It turns out that the stack is a patented apparatus is called the Ridgway Stack. The purpose was to keep any stray cinders from setting fire to the highly combustible right of way. Specs - D-4-c class, 37" drivers, modest 150 psi boiler pressure, 16x18" cylinders, light engine weight of 71,030 lb, small tractive effort of 21,172 lb. All in the class were scrapped in the 1920's except #58 which lasted unti April of 1939. Harold Vollrath photo
Photo Date:
5/1/1937
Upload Date:
5/3/2021 6:05:50 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CS 58(2-8-0)
Views:
426
Comments:
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