DRGW 1804 suffered a boiler explosion just north of the Burnham Shops in Denver, CO, on 4-Feb-1941

A look at the boiler explosion wreck, complete with the K-59 that was coupled to it at the time.

Another look at the 4-Feb-1941 boiler explosion, showing the boiler landing on the REA car, having jumped clear over K-59 #1207.

DRGW 1804, presumably being delivered from the factory at Parkersburg, WV, on 28-Jan-1938. Photographer unknown.

D&RGW 1804 at the Salt Lake City shops - note switcher 01 behind the unit. Photographer and date unknown, but likely in the mid-1930s.

D&RGW 1804, date and location unknown (though it looks like Salt Lake City). Originally from the Kenneth Clyde Jenkins collection.