I'm sure many of you are more up on this than I am, but I just found out via Trains Magazine that 1921 Consolidation No. 40 that ran for a long time on the Georgetown Loop during the Lindsay Ashby era has been returned to the Loop for restoration to service for the 2018 season. 
No. 40 was purchased from the International Railways of Central America in 1968 to run on the Central City Narrow Gauge Railway, though it didn't arrive until 1972 due to political unrest. It was eventually moved over to Silver Plume as the Loop was rebuilt. It ran there until 2004 when the Colorado Historical Society (History Colorado) and the Ashbys had a impasse. The locomotive was moved over to Golden to the Colorado Railroad Museum where it also operated at times. The last time I had the chance to ride over the Loop was in 2003 and No. 40 was on the point. The photos here are from that trip.
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