Galloping Goose Engine No. 5
Montezuma County
This gasoline-powered narrow gauge railroad car, constructed in 1933, provided the Rio Grande Southern Railroad with a cost saving alternative to the more expensive steam locomotive passenger trains and allowed the company to continue operating in the San Juans until 1952. A gasoline engine is under the hood of a 1928 Pierce-Arrow touring car.
Galloping Goose Engine No. 5 (1998 photograph.)
The passenger section, a later modification to the car’s original design, is a 1946 Wayne school bus body. The rear section, designed for baggage, is a large wood frame compartment covered with galvanized tin. The Galloping Goose Historical Society in Dolores restored the rail car to operation condition.