It was converted on August 12, 1931 from a 1927 Buick Master Six 4-door sedan in a conversion known as a Galloping Goose.

The Buick was cut behind the rear doorpost and extended with sheet metal 18 inches (46 cm) to form an enlarged passenger compartment.

The couch from the RGS office become the back seat as it is shown being requisitioned for Goose No.

It has a four-foot wide double door, approximately centered, on each side for access to the mail, express, and freight compartment.

[2] The Goose was originally powered by the engine, clutch and transmission that came with the Buick sedan.

These are actuated by linkage connecting them to the normal foot pedal and parking brake lever.

The rear freight compartment was shortened eight inches to allow for the longer body and avoid altering the frame and drive shafts.

2 is the only example of this type of narrow gauge rail car designed for combination passenger and freight service, which maintains this as-used configuration in Colorado and thus is significant at a statewide level.

Mears planned to tap the economic riches of the area—lumber, livestock, and mined ores, particularly silver.

The area to be serviced stretched west and northwest of Durango to Ridgway, north of Ouray.

The 162.6 mile railroad was finished in late 1891 with the joining of the two ends south of Rico.