The Locos We Lost, Part 5

[Kurt Maechner]

Back in 2017 I did a series of posts on C&S and/or DSP&P locomotives that were nearly saved or saved and then scrapped.  I had read of a 1941 attempt by Golden, Colorado to secure a locomotive and cars for display, but did not know which engine they had in mind.  Recently, in a re-read through one of Tom and Denise Klingers' books I found out.

Here is the post about it.
Enjoy,
Kurt

[Fred 52]

Keith:

Those little articles really made my day. It was so ironic that we lost so many examples of motive power. I have a mogul ready for some transformation work into another C&S loco. Reading your articles has helped me decide on which one #6. I sure do wish I had a Connie to do another.

Fred C.

[Rick Steele]

Kurt, the same thing happened with C&S no. 902. It was a 2-10-2. Boulder and Louisville got in a squabble about who it should be gifted to.

The C&S cut it up.

Rick

[Kurt Maechner]

I wonder if the case of 902 was similar to No. 71 in that the C&S was sympathetic, but the parent company CB&Q was the one who did the resisting on financial and liability grounds.  Bob Richardson really loved the family-nature of the C&S in his interactions with employees and management.  He contrasted this with the bottom-line approach of the Rio Grande.  I wonder if the Grande and the Q were similar in that regard.

What happened in the case of 902?  Was it scrapped in order to avoid making a decisions between the towns?

I'm sure it's more complicated than that as these situations always seem to be.
Kurt