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earl

October 09, 2001 03:57PM

The grade on the west side of Lobato Bridge is more a matter of natural topography than anything else. As to why the DRGW never beefed up the Cascade and Lobato bridges, I think it was never that big an issue to allow doubleheading across them. I think history will show that in the past 30 years there have been more trains doubleheaded with large locomotives out of Chama than in the period of 1925-1968.

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Lobato bridge and grade & Thanks Earl	Jim Spicer	October 09, 2001 12:47PM
Re: Lobato bridge and grade & Thanks Earl	earl	October 09, 2001 03:57PM

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