Re: Como Roundhouse Addition

Posted by Mike Trent on Aug 18, 2017; 1:10pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Como-Roundhouse-Addition-tp9120p9151.html

Actually, the C&S only had two Rotarys.

The larger #99201 was used mostly along the front range for most of it's life, and was eventually set on narrow gauge wheelsets in later days, then was reconverted to Standard gauge in 1943.

After the 1935 fire, #99200 recieved a new steel sheathed body, and a sloped back tender. It was eventually scrapped when the wheel shaft broke.

They could have kept both in Como, but I agree it would have been impractical. One was probably in the weeds in Denver most of the time. looking at the old #99201 at the CRRM now, it's hard to imagine it being used on the narrow gauge at all, but it sure was.