Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's engine 1508 after an accident near Salida in 1923. The accident was the result of a washout following heavy rains the night before.
"John T. Mangan, fireman, was killed this morning in a wreck one and one half miles Wiest of Salida. The headlights of a switch engine in the Salida yards at 3:30 o’clock this morning probably saved the lives of the passengers on train No 16, which was wrecked just beyond the bridge opposite the Bunbury ranch. Fireman Mangan was scalded to death.
William Reardon, engineer of engine 1508, first locomotive in the train, saw the headlight and slowed down from a speed of forty miles to fifteen miles an hour. The track was washed out for a hundred yards and the two engines plunged into the hole. Engine 1508 plowed through the earth and buried itself in the bank. It rested at an angle of twenty degrees and Engineer Reardon and Fireman Stephen E. Reddy climbed out uninjured.
Engine 1133 rammed against the forward engine and buried its pilot under the tank of engine 1508." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Volume 43, Number 11, July 27, 1923.
