Rio Grande's Attitude at the end

Mr. West's photos of the carnage have raised some questions in my mind.

I can understand the quick demolition of the Alamosa shops - taxes off the books. Makes the bean counters happy.

But given the fact the Grande was stuck with the Silverton, why not take as much of the shop equipment over to Durango as possible?

Also, given the fact the states bought what is now C&TS, why the carnage and insistence on scrapping everything?

I understand the need to keep some locomotives off the for sale list as a parts source, if that was their excuse, for the Silverton branch.

Why was the Rio Grande so determined to wipe out any trace of the narrow gauge?

Seems to me selling old stuff you don't want to an entity that was going to put it to use versus a scrapper who was going to melt it down was just as good a solution. You got rid of the stuff and you got a few pennies for it. Bean counters happy again.

In all the years I have researched and read about the San Juan extension, other than the fact management wanted it gone, I've never found an explanation for the way things ended.

Any light that is accurate and verifiable that can be shed on the subject would be appreciated.