Re: Caboose 0505 in Durango?

Was the Salt Lake Telegram.

D&RGW had a lot more snow fighting in Utah than is generally known. The D&RGW ran Rotary 070 many times on the Tintic branch, Soldier Summit, Pleasant Valley Branch to Scofield and Clear Creek, the Kenilworth Branch, the Bingham Branch, the Park City Branch, they tried to use it on the Provo Canyon branch to Heber City but too many rocks falling on the ROW like the Silverton branch, so they used wedge plows there. Following a couple of samples...

Park City, Utah Record
March 29, 1913
The big rotary snow plow of the Rio Grande cleared the line the local branch last Wednesday. It had plenty of snow to buck notwithstanding the fact that it is well toward the first of April it is hardly likely that its services will be required again this year however.

Salt Lake Herald
January 14, 1918
The D&RG officials reported that owing to government operation more empty coal cars are now available than at any time for months There were 15 westbound freight trains on the way to Salt Lake City last night. Each train was composed of from 50 to 60 cars, a majority of which were loaded with coal. Two feet of snow at Soldier Summit was the greatest depth reported along these lines. A snow slide on the Park City line tied up traffic until the rotary plow was called out. The Provo Canyon (Heber) and Eureka branches were opened by the rotary plow and will be protected as long as there is any danger of a tie-up.