Ridgway Railway Museum, Colorado, USA: 2000 replica of 1931 RGS Motor 1, precursor of the Galloping Goose.

The 1931 RGS Motor 1 (replica shown here built in 2000) was the precursor of the popular Galloping Goose, a gasoline-engine railbus. The RGS Motor 1 carried US Mail, express freight, and passengers from 1931-1933 for the Rio Grande Southern (RGS) Railroad, a narrow gauge (3 ft wide) which ran from Durango to Ridgway (until 1953). In October 1933, its great success caused the original RGS Motor 1 to be scrapped for parts and converted to enlarged versions, seven of which would become the "Galloping Geese" railcars which officially operated under that name in 1950-1951. We visited the Ridgway Railway Museum while bicycling along the Uncompahgre Riverway Trail (Rails to Trails), in Ridgway, Colorado, USA.

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The 1931 RGS Motor 1 (replica shown here built in 2000) was the precursor of the popular Galloping Goose, a gasoline-engine railbus. The RGS Motor 1 carried US Mail, express freight, and passengers from 1931-1933 for the Rio Grande Southern (RGS) Railroad, a narrow gauge (3 ft wide) which ran from Durango to Ridgway (until 1953). In October 1933, its great success caused the original RGS Motor 1 to be scrapped for parts and converted to enlarged versions, seven of which would become the "Galloping Geese" railcars which officially operated under that name in 1950-1951. We visited the Ridgway Railway Museum while bicycling along the Uncompahgre Riverway Trail (Rails to Trails), in Ridgway, Colorado, USA.