Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 6 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 6 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor Number 6 (affectionately nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 6) is a gasoline engine powered narrow gauge railroad motor car. The Galloping Goose body and chassis were built from a Buick automobile. The new Buick body was cut off behind the front seat and a new rear wall installed. The steering wheel was removed as it was not needed, but the other controls remained. The front axle was removed and replaced with a swiveling two axle lightweight railroad truck with sixteen inch diameter wheels that carried and guided the front of the Goose. Ahead of the front truck is the pilot (cow catcher) attached to the frame. Two small pivoted scrapers attached to the rear of the pilot slide on the rails to keep small objects on the track from derailing the lightweight front truck. During the winter season a small snow plow (now stored on the car's flatbed) was attached to the front of the pilot.A. Lewis Dahm, Rio Grande Southern Railroad. Motor Number 6, National Register Inventory—Nomination Form, February 19, 1997, in digital files of National Park Service, Washington, D.C. Read more on Wikipedia
Source: en.wikipedia.org