On board Galloping Goose #7! - Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO 7-18-09

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I got lucky enough to ride up front on The Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose #7, and I learned something in the process. The Colorado Railroad Museum is very unique, by the fact that it has both standard and narrow gauge equipment. The Galloping Goose that we rode on, is one of only a few that still run. This Galloping Goose was built from an old ford vehicle, as a mixed traffic hauler, for the Rio Grande Southern railway. The video shows the best parts from my experience. If you ever go to Denver, the CRM is about 7-12 miles outside of the city.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Colorado
• Railroad
• Museum
• Galloping
• Goose
• Denver
• Rio
• Grande
• Western
• Narrow
• Gauge
• Standard
• Tallylyn
• Railway

[metraF40PH163]

That looked like a really neat ride! Thanks for shareing!

[mafarnz]

@rgs455atw I thought it sounded like a truck, thanks for the info!

[rgs455atw]

A small correction, the Goose was not build from a Ford, but rather #7 was built using a Pierce-Arrow 1926 body and a Ford 1936 V-8 engine. Eventually #7 received a GMC engine, which was World War II surplus, and originally used in 2.5 ton trucks

[MacGyver0076]

1:56 looks like an EMD F7 deisel.

heard the song about this motor by cw mccall, it is pretty cool they have a couple of these that run. if i ever get out that way, i think i am gonna ride one.