Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> Not a bad idea but I wonder... If you pull it to
> Chama with another locomotive you'll have to use
> enough idler cars so that the two locomotives are
> not on Cascade and Labato trestles at the same
> time. That makes for more train on the special
> move. Things to consider include braking a
> dead-in-tow heavy tonnage load well back in a
> train.
>
> It can be done, just takes some careful train
> handling.
>
> Stewart

Yes I forgot about the bridge weights when I was only considering height and side clearance in the above post. One thing you could consider would be to pull it with the 19 across the bridges. That might be acceptable. I guess its all a mute point until they would
decide to replace 483 with a K37 from Antontio!
Greg