Well after being on my mental shelf for almost a year, FINALLY!!! May I present to you Gunpowder Falls Railroad #5, "Gold King".

The locomotive is a "C-16" class locomotive. The classing system the GFRR uses is fairly simple. The "C" tands for the generic/white sytem class of locomotive. In this case a 2-8-0, also know as a Consolodation. Hence the letter "C". The number represents the amount of tractive effort of the locomotive. And in this case it would be 16,000 pounds of tractive effort. Put it all together and you get "C-16". (this is also how the D&RGW classed their locos)

Anyway, #5 has some importance. This was the first engine "A.J." ever worked on. First as a Fireman and then later being promoted to Engineer. A while afterwards he was reassigned to the #12, the "Cherokee", a K-27 class 2-8-2.

This engine first operated on the Wolf Creek & Flagstone Railorad, A small local mining railorad around the Wolf Creek area of Colorado, and were delivered as wood burners. Soon after they were converted to burn coal, but retained their wood burning stacks. A small local mining railorad around the Wolf Creek area of Colorado. In 1882 the WC&F was absorbed into the Gunpowder Falls system as well as the locomotives. The "new" engines were repainted in GFRR livery and re numbered. "Gold King" was the first out of two C-16s locos on the GFRR. The second being #6, "Gold Queen", both engine are completely identical aside from their names and numbers. As such they were affectionately know as "The Twins".

#5 and #6 often worked together on the GFRR main line between Gunpowder Falls and Clear Creek Colorado. Soon though the traffic was becoming too great for these engines on the main line and were reassigned to the Clear Creek district of the GFRR. Operating over the many steep and winding branch lines that led to the countless mine of the area. This was when A.J. was assigned to #12, "Cherokee". The GFRR Company knew that, despite his young age, he knew the main line all too well. And for the most part kept him local. With the occasional exception of runing trains to the southern part of the GFRR empire in northern New Mexico.

Anyway, I hope you all like her! Or him... Whatever you'd prefer.
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