RGS 41 To Durango For Overhaul.

[Bruce R Pier]

Ghost Town & Calico RR (Knott's Berry Farm) ex Rio Grande Southern #41 has been sent to the Durango & Silverton for a complete overhaul. https://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.ph ... 628,434628

[Locoboy5150]

Thank you for the fantastic news. Engine 41 has been just sitting there in the engine house for so long that I was beginning to wonder if it would ever steam up again. It's fantastic to see that Cedar Fair is getting it back to good as new again.

[Steve DeGaetano]

Good news about my favorite non-Disney locomotive! This was the first engine I was able to walk alongside while it started moving, watching the motion of the Stephenson valve gear oscillate within the frames. Mesmerizing.

[Bruce R Pier]

It appears that between several senior maintenance staff retiring and then the shut down due to the pandemic that the overhaul of the #41 in house had stalled. Cedar Fair is dealing with the finding suitable staff for Knott's, along with finding a replacement of the long time superintendent of the Cedar Point & Lake Erie at Cedar Point, who after 47 years pulled the pin last Fall.

[Locoboy5150]

Cedar Fair is dealing with the finding suitable staff for Knott's, along with finding a replacement of the long time superintendent of the Cedar Point & Lake Erie at Cedar Point, who after 47 years pulled the pin last Fall.

I did not know that he had retired. (I won't mention his name here for privacy reasons.) I met him quite a few years back one morning and he gave me a nice personal behind the scenes tour of the roundhouse of the C.P. & L.E. R.R. before Cedar Point opened for the day. Congratulations to him. After 47 years he has certainly earned it!

[Bruce R Pier]

I was within hours of what would ultimately be my last day at CP when he arrived for his first day, he seemed to be a real good guy.

[Locoboy5150]

I spent the last three days at Knott's Berry Farm and currently the Galloping Goose is inside the engine house where Engine 41 was parked for a long time.