Colorado Galloping Goose

I am originally from Colorado and an interesting tale of the "Good Old Days" is of the Rio Grande Southern Narrow Gauge railroad in Southern Colorado.  I will give the  short version of its history, the railroad had the misfortune of starting in a depression over 110 years ago.  The road limped on for years through some of the most impression scenery in the state.  One of the financial crises was a lack of money during the 1930s depression, the road faced a loss of the U.S. Mail contracts because a steam engine was too expensive to run.  The Rio Grande Southern's engineering department created rail cars which eventually became known as Galloping Geese.   They wobbled down the track and looked a little like a goose trying to fly, hence the nickname.   The road made seven of these geese, most used Car bodies and boxcar like rear areas.  Eventually the front car bodies were replaced with Wayne Bus bodies on some.  This is what I depicted above with art markers.  The history of the Rio Grande Southern is really interesting, full of ingenuity, and the photo's of the road are of spectacular scenery.  So if you want more look around on line.