As you may have heard, The South Park Rail Society in conjunction with the Denver, South Park & Pacific Historical Society have been actively rebuilding the former rail yard in Como Colorado. To date over 1 mile of assorted yard trackage has been rebuilt , mostly in the immediate area of the roundhouse. However as the museum complex develops the activities will move further from our material storage areas, We will need to move track materials to the work sites by train. To that end we have secured the donation of a rare Plymouth  model HL 3 locomotive for use as the museum,s work train locomotive. The Plymouth was built to work the Wyckoff co. Railroad tie plant in Washington state but was retired in the early 1980,s and disposed of. It is currently stored in Eastern Oregon and we need to ship it to Como by the end of August to begin it,s much needed return to service. The unusual low open cab was required to allow the locomotive to access the creosoting areas of the tie plant , We will be rebuilding it into a much more user friendly configuration along the lines of Pacific Coast Ry #120 seen below. The Plymouth weighs approximately 20 tons and is heavy enough to handle any tasks required at Como.  It will require some considerable repairs before it can operate safely and reliably but the repairs are well within our current abilities and will be performed in the roundhouse in Como Colorado, We are accomplishing this project in 3 phases, Phase one is moving the locomotive from Oregon to Colorado, Phase 2 will be rebuilding or replacing components to make the locomotive operable, and Phase #3 will see the construction of a new cab and other improvements such as lighting.

The South Park Rail Society needs your assistance to raise the required funds to load and ship the Plymouth from Oregon to Como Colorado, Please consider making a donation to this worthy project