rio-grande-2-8-8-2s-compound-and-simplehttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/rio-grande-2-8-8-2s-compound-and-simple/Rio Grande 2-8-8-2s, compound and simple | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20150211.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-072015-02-1943693
Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 Mallet 3413 helps 2-8-8-2 3606, a newer, simple-expansion locomotive, up the Front Range of the Rockies with a 48-car freight at Pinecliff, Colo., in May 1940.
J. W. Maxwell photo