I just acquired a unique Q HO model - an R-1 2-6-2. I don't even know who
made it, as there is nothing on the box except road name and type and "G
series." I model the CB&Q, C&S, and D&RGW in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Corbin's Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route says that the R-1s were
retired by 1933, after two were rebuilt into 0-6-0 switchers. Some of the
R-2s, which were built to similar dimensions as the R-1s, were kept until the
late 1940s and early 1950s (7 were sold for scrap in 1951). Does anyone know
of any photos of R-2s in the late 1940s? The model looks as it may have come
from the West Burlington shops in 1900. I would like to detail it to the late
1940s, just before retirement. Also, does anyone know where the last R-2s,
all numbered in the 1700 series, operated just before retirement? This will
make an interesting project.
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