Re: #492 on the Silverton Branch - 03/19/63
| January 13, 2020 08:13PM |
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Erock482 Wrote:
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> If I have my D&S History right, the line to
> Silverton was significantly reinforced under
> Bradshaw as it had never seen any loco-
> motive heavier than a K-28.
hank Wrote:
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> True for trackage rr west (north) of Rock-
> wood, but D&RGW had used K-36 & K-37
> on the Silverton branch between Durango
> and Rockwood many a time.
At least once, anyway -
Tom Gildersleeve caught #492 on a work train north of Durango on 3/19/63:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2008 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
IIRC, there was a great deal of ice on the track just shy of Rockwood. The engine couldn't make it to the wye, and had to back her train to Durango:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2008 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/13/2020 08:16PM by Russo Loco.
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> If I have my D&S History right, the line to
> Silverton was significantly reinforced under
> Bradshaw as it had never seen any loco-
> motive heavier than a K-28.
hank Wrote:
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> True for trackage rr west (north) of Rock-
> wood, but D&RGW had used K-36 & K-37
> on the Silverton branch between Durango
> and Rockwood many a time.
At least once, anyway -
Tom Gildersleeve caught #492 on a work train north of Durango on 3/19/63:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2008 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
IIRC, there was a great deal of ice on the track just shy of Rockwood. The engine couldn't make it to the wye, and had to back her train to Durango:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2008 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/13/2020 08:16PM by Russo Loco.
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