Galloping Goose # 7

Golden, CO - RGS Galloping Goose # 7 is the last of seven Galloping Goose railcars built in the 1930s by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. All the "geese" were built at the railroad's shops in Ridgway, CO. #7 was shipped out in October 1936 using a Pierce-Arrow 1926 body and a Ford 1936 V-8 engine. The first vehicle of this type was built by the RGS in 1913, as a track maintenance crew vehicle. Although it was wrecked in 1925, it inspired the idea of using them for scheduled service. The railroad developed the first of the "geese" to keep its contract to run mail to towns in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. At the time, there were not enough passengers or cargo to justify the more expensive steam train service.

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