DENVER COL Oct 4 1982 — Rio Grande SW 1000 143 handles a cut of cars at North Yard. End built the unit (s/n 32178) in October 1966. Southern Pacific retired it on Oct. 3 1991. Utahrails reports, “D&RGW 143 was retired due to a damaged crankshaft; sold to OmniTRAX in 1995; repaired for lease to Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, Flin Flon, Manitoba; lease not completed; sold to Camas Prairie 143, Lewiston, Idaho in April 1998. (Information from Norm Metcalf, Don Bain, and Ed Fulcomer.)” My photo.
From a hint of "Bee" (NKP 765), colorful "Bees" (KCS), "Bees" w/ "attitude", to "Bees" that "sting" your eyes, in their own way they have "Bee" on display! Equipment that "Buzzes" with Yellow & Black colors! ("Bees" can still "Bee" entering this "hive"!)
