Re: DRG NG steam locomotive distribution and requirements

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Interesting comments. So looking at the broader
> situation with everyday trains or not, each train
> from Alamosa was always 2 engines right? Okay
> then when trains went up the hill from Chama to
> Cumbres(turns, etc), they usually had one engine
> go east with the train to Alamosa. How then did
> they balance power in Alamosa so they could
> continually be sending two engine trains west? My
> guess is a lot of light engines? In 1952 that
> would mean K-37's then!
> Greg

Helpers from Alamosa would run light down the hill to Chama, and get placed in a pool that had them work in Chama a few days doing hill turns, then head back to Alamosa, either as a road engine on a freight or running light after helping a train up the hill. I don't recall how the rotation actually worked, but there was a system. Sometimes a crew stayed with the same engine, but most of the time they ended up running different engines on their days over in Chama.