Re: Red Devil Coal Loader AFE info

nickgully Wrote:
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> Awesome information. I assume by '56, the only
> engines using this would have been larger Mikados?
> (K-28, K-36, K-37). No C Class 2-8-0's would have
> been powered through Antonito by then? Were any
> K-27's through town hot (perhaps the Durango
> switcher going for overhaul at Alamosa)?
>
> Best Regards,
> Nick

By 1956, the only K27 left in service was 464, which was finishing up her career as the Durango Switch Engine. 464 was set aside in 1957, and it is safe to say it never saw the Red Devil Coal chutes.