Rio Grande F9 B-unit?

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Need some information about this unusual Rio Grande F9 B-unit I saw. For the most part it looked like a normal B-unit, But the roof on one side was flat and the other end was normal B-unit roof. Rio Grande was painted over and saw no unit number, it is still painted in It’s colors of orange/black/silver. Two port windows under the normal roof, door in center and no windows under the flat roof. It was seen out side a small town just north of Denver, Colorado.

Can any one tell me what type of B-unit this is and what is was used for?

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From your description I think what you saw was no F-unit but a steam generator car built from a retired 3700-series 4-6-6-4 tender. Rio Grande had two built in 1953, numbered 250 and 251.

Is this it?

http://users.sisna.com/JimBobNay/EarlyTrips/1982_06.JPG

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Magic

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Thank you for your help.[:D]