Rio Grande Southern 2-8-0 No. 41
Buena Park, CA, United States 		Location: Ghost Town & Calico Railroad (Knott's Berry Farm)
Status: Operational
Posted: Apr 9, 2024 @ 08:04:54 by
#41 is back from overhaul and was under steam in the roundhouse yesterday
Posted: Sep 13, 2008 @ 22:09:47 by Jeff Taylor
This is a not to peter m. preston. As a D&RG loco 409 was not classified as A c-19, thats true she was a class 70. D&RG rounded up from 68000 lbs. Later the D&RG classified there locos differently, they went bye tractive effort, not weight. After the loco was sold to the RGS the RGS also followed the same way. And she was classed as a C-19 on the RGS.
Posted: Aug 17, 2005 @ 20:08:24 by peter m. preston
1942 RGS was owned by the Defense Supplies Corp. (ie  the US Goverment) May 1942 US Vannadium Corp purchases a old smelter in Durando and begins to extracting vanadium from carnotite ore. June of 43 the U.S. Army begins quietly working the dumps at old mills in the area and shipping the tallings over the Rio grande Southern to a government plant in Utah. It was years later when the locals realized that the "worhtless" ore tallings had been used to build the atomic bomb.
Posted: Aug 15, 2005 @ 21:08:04 by peter m. preston
Nov. 1916 No. 41 was acquired. Was shopped in Ridgeway and received a new boiler staying a class 70 locomotive with smaller drivers: 36.00 Lighter weight: 60000 and less traction effort:16540 Too ligth for a C19 locomotive. Received electric headlight from retired No.25 in Aug. of 1940. Frame welding perform by visiting oxweld Instructor J. Langdon  in March 1925 and finished welding by Mr. Egar from D&RGW in Aug of 1925. 1942 No.41 received compressors and smokebox front from retired No. 25. July of 1951 NO. 41 was acquired by Knott's Berry Fram and enter service in Nov of 51
Posted: Aug 15, 2005 @ 20:08:37 by peter m. preston
As per www.drgw.org Rio Grande Southern No. 41 was never a C19 locomotive. As No 409 she wt: 68000 Dr: 37.00 Tract eff. 17055. As No. 41 she Wt: 60000 Dr: 36.00 Tract eff. 16540 As Per www.drgw.org/data/steam/history/drg409.htmmore imfo to come
Posted: Jun 20, 2003 @ 16:06:53 by Paul
Sorry about that mistaken posting by me.  When I visited Knotts in late December of 2002, 340 was the regular motive power.  But the day before I made this photo, 340 had a problem on the last run and it was decided not to fix it but to fire up 41 instead.  The gent that was running the train shop told me this when I told him that 340 was not steamed that day.  He was slightly downtrodden because he had his camera to photograph the engine in its holiday dress.
Posted: Jun 20, 2003 @ 15:06:00 by Paul
Posted: Nov 2, 2002 @ 21:11:31 by Jeff Hartmann
The locomotive show is D&RG #340, not RGS #41. It should be moved to the D&RG #340 page and can replace the photo I sent you a couple days ago.