This is from the CRRM newsletter:
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Museum Receives Major Donation from Union Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande Western "Tunnel Motor" 5401 (UP 9871) The Union Pacific
recently donated a 1980 former Denver & Rio Grande Western diesel electric
"Tunnel Motor" to the Colorado Railroad Museum.
The locomotive was scheduled to be part of more than 50 locomotives
auctioned by the Union Pacific on July 14. The Museum communicated its
interest in Locomotive 9871 (D&RGW5401) to the UP in early July and received
notice of the donation shortly thereafter.
These locomotives were the premier heavy diesel power for the D&RGW
railroad, representing the ultimate in D&RGW locomotive development and were
among the last purchased by the D&RGW.
The locomotive is over 70 ft. long and weighs nearly 350,000 lbs. This is a
significant addition to the collection of Museum locomotives. The Museum
now has among the first (1881 no. 346) and last of the D&RGW locomotives
that worked in Colorado. The BNSF has agreed to transport the locomotive to
MillerCoors, where it will be stored temporarily until a suitable display
track can be built and the Museum can find the funding to move it to the
site. Your help is needed! If you would like to make a donation to this
project, contact me: donald@crrm.o...
Got this from The Diesel List
Jay Barnaby
Wichita, Kansas
Rio Grande... Scenic Line of the World
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