D&RG Class 25 (Montezuma)

The Montezuma, called the "D&RG Class 25 (Montezuma)" in the game's store, is a 2-4-0 locomotive. It was added in Update 220917.
The D&RG Class 25 was a class of four Baldwin 8 ½ C3 2-4-0 locomotives built for the Denver & Rio Grande in 1871. The Montezuma, the first locomotive built for the Rio Grande, was numbered 1. However, her sisters Cortez (4), Ute (6), and Del Norte (7) arrived after the D&RG had purchased several Class 35 2-6-0s. The little engines quickly were unfit for the tasks the Rio Grande required due to their small stature and low power (despite their speed), and by 1888, they had been either scrapped, with Ute escaping the scrapper's torch becoming No. 6 on the Colorado Eastern.http://www.jstor.org/stable/43517539 Page 16
The last reported sighting of this type of locomotive was in 1915, supposedly at the Leadville Smelter. No locomotives of this type survive in preservation. Railroads Online Official In-Game Wiki
==Trivia==
*As originally added to the game, the Montezuma did not have any brakes, like the real life prototype. Brakes were added for gameplay purposes in Update 220918.
==Recreation==
To accurately recreate the Montezuma and it's sister engines as they operated on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, select the following options when purchasing the locomotive according to the desired engine that is to be recreated: (NOTE: The font used for the cabs is not the same as on the prototype.)
Montezuma
*Number: 1
*Name: Montezuma.
*Tender: Denver & Rio Grande.
*Paint: 1
*Headlight: 2
*Smokestack: 2
Cortez
*Number: 4
*Name: Cortez.
*Tender: Denver & Rio Grande.
*Paint: 1
*Headlight: 2
*Smokestack: 2
Ute (its nameplate will not be accurate, so this was the best we could come up with.)
*Number: 6
*Name: U T E .
*Tender: Denver & Rio Grande.
*Paint: 1
*Headlight: 2
*Smokestack: 2
Del Norte
*Number: 7
*Name: Del Norte.
*Tender: Denver & Rio Grande.
*Paint: 1
*Headlight: 2
*Smokestack: 2
Not much info is known about the Colorado Eastern version, so that is a mystery yet to be solved.
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