C&S 74 served many railroads. It first ran on the Colorado & Northwestern which then became the Denver, Boulder and Western. After the demise of this line out of Boulder, the C&S purchased her along with two other sisters and they became C&S 74, 75, and 76.
After the close of narrow gauge operations in 1943 she went to Morse Bros. Machinery. Eventually the Rio Grande Southern purchased her in 1948. She led two Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursions, the last of which was in 1951, one year before the RGS shut down.
The video below includes lots of color footage and live audio of both the 1949 and 1951 excursions. The second was the final excursion of passengers on the line. Many will enjoy the footage of the Rio Grande Southern and interviews with the likes of such friends of the C&S as Richard Kindig, Robert Richardson, and Jack Thode, but if you want to cut to the C&S 74 part, go to 1:13:59.
It's truly a delight to hear former C&S 74 work hard in the Rocky Mountains at the tail end of her active career.
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