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Volume 24, Number 2 of the Prospector, our professionally produced and beautifully illustrated quarterly magazine featuring the finest work of historians and other experts on all aspects of Rio Grande Railroad was published in Quarter 2 of 2025 calendar year.

This issue with the Final Chapter of Dan Quiat’s series on the Rio Grande Zephyr. We are grateful that photographer Dennis Toeppen agreed to share his images of
the last runs of the train and its equipment.

This issue also begins a two-part series on the Rio Grande’s Fairbanks-Morse locomotives, Part one covering the H10-44 switchers and the H15-44 road switchers. Part two will cover the Train Master tests and the Erie-builts. The collaboration of author Allen Copeland and member John Tudek have brought us a comprehensive look at these five unique locomotives. John spent several days at the Colorado Railroad Museum combing through the Rio Grande records preserved there bringing the folios, valuation cards and other records for these units. There was not enough room in this issue to include these for every unit so we have placed
them on the RGM&HS website and may be viewed here:

http://aka.rgmhs.org/fairbanks

Until the next issue.

Dave Lotz, Editor