Re: That "First Train For 1968" Drifted Downgrade through Monero ...

Charlie Mutschler Wrote:
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> Looks like 40 foot pipe on 40 or 41 foot cars in
> the visible portion of the front of the train.

See JBWX photo at [www.lifewastedchasingtrains.com] for another view of this train, west of Chama later in the day.

> By 1968 the volume of pipe being shipped was
> diminishing, and much of it could be accommo-
> dated on the steel flats and pipe gons converted
> from standard gauge box cars. When the pipe was
> loaded on pipe gons made from 32 foot high-side
> gons, then it had to have the idler flats at each end.

See JBWX photo at [www.lifewastedchasingtrains.com] for a more typical train earlier in the 60's.

Drill pipe is much smaller than the pipe shown in the second photo, with thicker & stronger walls; the larger-diameter
pipe with thinner walls was probably either well casing or used for transport lines.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2016 01:15PM by Russo Loco.