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Built in 1899, RGS No. 20 ran on the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad southwest of Pikes Peak. Named Portland after a profitable mine in the Cripple Creek District, No. 20 hauled freight and passengers. It was sold to Rio Grande Southern in 1916 after flash floods destroyed much of the F&CC, putting that line out of business. In operation until 1951, No. 20 was purchased by the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club and eventually donated to the Museum. The Locomotive recently returned to Colorado from an extended restoration trip to Pennsylvania. It is expected to resume operation in August 2020.

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RGS No. 74 is a B-4F class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type narrow gauge steam locomotive built by the Brooks Locomotive Works of Dunkirk, NY in 1898, originally for the Colorado & North Western Railroad (CO&NW) as their No. 30. It was later sold to the Colorado & Southern Railroad (C&S), and later, the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) where it was renumbered by the latter railroad to RGS 74 and operated in mixed train service until 1953 when it was officially retired from service due to the closure of the RGS between 1952 and 1953. It was eventually donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, CO where it has remained on static display ever since. Upon arrival at the museum, it was cosmetically restored and also renumbered and relettered back to CO&NW 30. However, sometime between 2021 and 2022, it was renumbered and relettered back to RGS 74. It is one of two RGS steamers currently owned by the Colorado Railroad Museum, the other one being RGS 20, which is now in operating condition as of today.

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