Re: 346 and 1/2 flanges

Casey Akin Wrote:
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> > 346 recieved the half-flanges on drivers 2 & 3
> > while on C&S in the mid-30's, specifically
> after
> > her wreck on Kenosha Pass in '36.
> > At least that's the way I've always seen it
> > reported.
> > hank
>
> Accept for the fact that 346 didnt recieve #2&3
> flanges until the mid '40s on the D&RGW, after the
> flying Rio Grande was applied to her tender...
>
"And, they turned a small flange ("half flange") on the two pair of intermediate drivers, this being done as had been done earlier to the Q's 537 with the idea that this might prevent some of the derailments."
CRA #12, "The South Park Line, A Consise History_ by RE Richardson et. al., pg 176
Part of a paragraph describing changes made to #346 by C&S/CB&Q after the Kenosha wreck in '36.

hank