Re: D&RGW Freight Flows - lumber lasted 'til the very end

Brian Norden Wrote:
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> Question that I have is about lumber traffic. How
> many lumber mills shipped outward bound lumber
> in the post WW2 era?  And what were the last
> years of shipment?


The Weidman mill in Durango and the Skyline mill in Chama were shipping lumber via the railroad right up to the end of revenue operations -

IIRC, the very last Cumbres Turn operated by the D&RGW – in mid-July, 1968 – included several carloads of lumber from the Skyline mill in Chama, and the last revenue freight over Cumbres Pass consisted of fourteen boxcars loaded with lumber from the Weidman mill in Durango.  For photos and further information see [ngdiscussion.net], [ngdiscussion.net], [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net].

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2018 11:23PM by Russo Loco.