RGS 20 and Friends

SKU: DVD-GSVP-251
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Witness some of the first runs of the newly restored Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 number 20, at the Colorado Railroad Museum, and on the former Rio Grande.

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Producer

Greg Scholl Video Productions
Run Time

1 hour 32 minutes
Narration

Yes
Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New
Technical Details

NTSC, Region Free, View Worldwide on Computer

The Rio Grande Southern has always been a fabled narrow gauge line that ran from Durango to Ridgeway, and was a subsidiary of the Denver & Rio Grande Western. It was abandoned in 1951, and still holds the fascination of many railroad enthusiasts. So now 70 years later we get to see a fully restored 4-6-0, as engine #20 powers trains on narrow gauge rails once more. We begin in August of 2020 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado, the home for the engine. A long restoration has brought it back to life and we see it on a special charter freight, with passenger cars, and many runbys. The next day we see it on the turntable near the roundhouse, see some servicing, and watch a couple of passenger train runs, all in great weather.

Remember the title is RGS 20 and Friends. Well we have other things related to the Rio Grande Southern like a visit to Goosefest in Ridgway, Colorado and back to Golden to see more Galloping Geese in action. We watch these geese in action…Goose 1, Goose 4, Goose 5, Goose 6 and Goose 7. Goose 2 is seen but isn’t running. The only one missing is goose 3 which is at Knotts Berry Farm in California. After this segment we have several scenes if Goose #5 in action on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad which was shot in February 2022. This one operates more than the others and has been to the D&S and C&TS several times. This was shot during the D&S Winter Photographers special which featured engine 481, and we will see it once as well.

#20 was trucked from Golden to Antonito, Colorado and we see the August 23, 2021 break-in run in the Antonito area, and as far west as Ferguson’s Trestle. This is a rare move for #20 away from its short trackage at the museum.

On August 31, 2021 a mixed train was operated from Antonito, as 20 doubleheaded with Rio Grande Southern 2-8-2 number 455 with RGS Sunrise herald on the tender. This is really C&TS K-27 463. This is another of the “Friends” in our title. This made for a nice show as we see it several times with multiple runbys.

On September 5th we are back for a Trains Magazine photo charter, as 20 operates solo with a mixed freight and passenger coach train. This was a trip from Antonito to Big Horn wye and return. We have several shots in this segment including some from a second camera.

If that wasn’t enough we have another photo charter on September 29, 2021 which was 20 on a pure freight consist. The great thing about this run is that there were some fall colors as the train heads to Osier from Antonito. We don’t have many different locations, but we do have multiple different views from those locations. The fall colors are a great way to end our coverage of Rio Grande Southern #20.

1 review for RGS 20 and Friends

  1. rickyfreni –

    Here’s the Segments:

    1. July 15 & 16, 2020: number 20 at the Colorado Railroad Museum with a short freight & passenger train on the loop track plus taking a spin at the manual turntable. During the History Segment, Footage from another recent GSVP title: Riding the Rio Grande from the films of Ted Collins was used as 20 was disguised as the Emma Sweeney for the Movie: A Ticket to Tomahawk. During the restoration of the 10-wheeler, it traveled to the Strasburg Railroad for a much-needed overhaul.

    2. October 19 & 20, 2019: the town of Ridgeway Colorado is having a goose fest at the Ridgeway Railroad Museum as motor cars 1, 4, 5, & 6 are performing various runbys for the people. Back in Golden, Goose 2, 6, & 7 are on the loop track.

    3. February 27 & 28, 2022: Goose 5 on the Durango & Silverton during production of 481-the last coal burner with the steam engine on the high line during the return trip.

    4. August 23, 2021: 20 on the C&TS as it leaves the Antonito shops, switches some coaches around while other engines: Eureeka, Glenbrook, 168, & 425/315 make a background appearance, & test runs to Ferguson’s trestle & back on a windy day.

    5. August 31, 2021: 20 teams up with 463 as 455 for a Trains Magazine chartered freight to Osier with footage from the caboose, as well as films from Greg’s 2014 title: RGS Memories that was chartered by Nolan Black in 1947. Later, they meet with 489.

    6. September 5, 2021: 20 is on a mixed train to Big Horn, which is also chartered by Trains Magazine.

    And 7. September 29, 2021: 20 is on a freight train to Osier that was chartered by Peter Lerro.

    Great footage from Brady Sanker, Ron Burkhard, Casey Akin, Christian Schultz, Sam Kunugi & Luke Miller of Colorado Railroad Productions.

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