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Reply to "Red Driver Axle Ends on Rio Grande Engines"

Anyone a member of the Rio Grande Technical & Historical Society ?

Piggybacking on KD's observations, in "D&RGW Color Pictorial" by Four Ways West Publ, a number of locomotives have driver and engine truck hubs painted white or aluminum. The color appears to be the same as was used to edge the running boards.

Speculation:  The Grande had two major shops, Burnham/Denver and Salt Lake City. Maybe red hubs was a practice of one of the two shops.

Last edited by mark s

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