First time D&RGW Engine 315 runs under steam after 58 years

[riogrande45]

i work on 315 during railfest in durango

[rayunseitig]

It's just a wonderful wonderful thing you all have done.

[SychoBilly73]

Awesome! Beautiful consolidation!

[colinroxanduknowit]

Wow what a site!

[Ronaldo7PortugalFan7]

it was not in the movie, that was 319 :-)

[Chris9017]

It was both 318 and 319. The impact was so bad that it destroyed the 319 completely, and badly damaged the 318. The 318 is still with us, and should be back in a couple years while it uses the parts from the 319.

[foroke1]

@Chris9017 Wait, wtf are you talking about?

[Chris9017]

@foroke1 Someone asked if 315 was destroyed in a head on crash in a movie, and I stated that 315 is not the engine that was destroyed in a movie.

[foroke1]

@Chris9017 But there was a steam engine destroyed?? for A MOVIE?!

[Chris9017]

@foroke1 Yes, the movie in Denver & Rio Grande. It was on the Silverton Branch too. There was one scene where 2 engines had to do a head on collision for a movie scene, and those engines were 318 and 319. The impact was bad on both engines, but 318 was salvageable, and was bought by the Colorado Railroad Museum shortly after. However, 319 was damaged and destroyed beyond repair, even that of a cosmetic restoration. So they took most of her parts and scrapped her.

[foroke1]

@Chris9017 Wow.... For a movie....

[gaycowboy31]

last time I saw this engine it was in a park in Durango slated for resteration WOW

[chikenpicken123]

wasn't this engine in the movie "Denver & Rio Grande?" In the scene where the two trains collide i tnought one of the engines was numbered 315.

[5000TRAINS]

how long did the engine sit until it got restored and how long did it take to restore the locomotive

[strokedmustang66]

there 3 c19 still running, 41 340 and 346

[waitew]

This sis the same Baldwin c-19 locomotive as the Knott's Berry Farm trains,right?So,there are at least 3 of these locomotives still running in the world.Were the sequentially numbered I wonder?Which one is oldest?

[Chatzi473]

well its a c-18 so its is different then the one at knott's Berry Farm. it is a little smaller then the c-19

[mikesolejazz]

I love that feelin, when they come to life, its a feeling more intense than sex!!

[rgs455atw]

Thanks for sharing, great to see her run!!!

[Chris9017]

Amazing.

[railblazer82]

Headed back to Durango>>>>>> SOON!!!!!! A#1

[rg481]

whats the whistle sound like? I can't wait to see her running in person!

[TrainMan404]

Amazing!

[CSX6000]

Great to see this thing runnin' once again.

[Engineer5344]

nice

[Chatzi473]

YAY the 315