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from the perspective of Ron Simpson, CRD model railroad builder |
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The first run out of Klondike City with engine #1 in the lead. The first 13 miles of track was completed in mid-July 1906--the run from Dawson City, the official terminal, to Grand Forks. The remaining mileage to Sulphur Springs was completed by October to a distance of 31 miles at a final cost of about two million dollars. |
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Klondike Mines Railway Engine No. 1, 2-6-0 mogul, Brooks 1881, c/n 522, weight 82,000 lb |
| KMR #1, a Brooks 2-6-0, was built in 1881 as Kansas Central Railway No. 7. It went through several changes in ownership, including the Canadian Pacific, one of my own mainline railroads on the Phase II segment, before being sold to the White Pass & Yukon as No. 63. In 1902 it was sold to the KMR. In 1961 it went to the City of Dawson as a static display. |
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| The G-scale Bachmann 2-6-0 is a good match for KMR engine number one. I acquired that engine for this project (Phase III-KMR model RR) in 2008. |
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KMR #1 at Minto Park, Dawson City, some years ago. |
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