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- D&RGW "C-16" #316 circa the 1940's -

~ Updated 10-30-04 ~

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#318 was P-B-L's very first "Factory Painted" model, arriving some time after the unpainted models later in 1984. The model you see pictured here was one of a total of 25 produced in the 1930's configuration.

Constructed as road number #426 for the Florence & Cripple Creek in 1897 as Baldwin's production number #15246, she and her six siblings were a definite "step up" from the teapots of the Rio Grande. At least size-wise anyway. With 38" drivers and a boiler pressure of 160#, they could muster up 18,325# of tractive effort. The straight stack and formed domes gave them a "modern" appearance that belied their age.

When the F&CC went under, in 1917, #316 went to the D&RG, becoming their road number 316. She lasted up until 1946, when she was dismantled.

#316 will return late in 2004, looking much like the model in this photo, but sporting much crisper details, finescale paint, and for the Foreground Models, typical P-B-L Crewmen. ( The guy you see in #316's cab is a bit oversized. )

Noteworthy locomotive-specific details visible in this photo include

That "Loco Light" ( Old Style ) Generator with the "Muffler" atop its exhaust stack. Notice the condensate drain emanating from the base of the stack so it wouldn't fill with water and freeze ?
A "Butterfly Plow" on her pilot for her breaking the way through light snowdrifts.
An air tank beneath her running board to supplement her tender borne air tank. C-16's were too small to accommodate one of these.
Archbar Tender Trucks much different from the run-of-the-mill archbars of the D&RGW.
Note her hydraulically formed, sheet metal domes and their placement.
Note also that here main rods were attached to the third driver, this being unlike those of the "C-16's and "C-19's".

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Click the photo above for a look at how we modeled the #278 c. the 1940's.

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