Southern San Luis Valley

New: 12 March 2021 Larry Dilts photo at McClintock, CO on 10 August 1971
Reporting Mark: SSLV --
Road Nmbr Model Bldr S/N Bldr Date Notes
No # ML6 (4-wheel) Plymouth (#?) 5/41 Scrapped; ex-Utah Power & Light < Salt Lake Garfield & Western #G-4 < nee U.S. Army 7694 (Salt Lake Air Base)
D500 (2nd) Home-built SSLV (no s/n) 11/54 Chain-driven, frame came from a goal tender, with internal components by Baldwin, Caterpillar, Euclid and International Harvester
General Notes & Credits

Reference sources

  • Colorado’s Loneliest Railroad, The San Luis Southern by P.R. Griswold. (from Larry Dilts)
  • Don Strack's "Utah Rails" website

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