Re: T-12 operation

Earl Wrote:
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> There are shots in the 1970 Colorado Rail Annual
> of a passenger train head east from Montrose with
> a T-12 and a Mudhen helper for the climb over
> Cerro Summit. With respect for the T-12's wooden
> tender frame, the Mudhen is cut in behind the
> T-12. The photo dates from around 1930. Again
> the T-12's were used between Montrose and Gunnison
> because of light rail and bridges.

Related: Cerro Summit had 4% grades, but what was the grade out of the black canyon along what's alternately called crystal creek or cimarron creek (different sources seem to use either name), before reaching cimarron?


The RGS ten-wheelers were a lot heavier than either a T-12 type or a C-16. Were they used on the Lake City line?