Re: D&RGW K-28s - 1945

The Colorado Railroad Museum has been offering a reprint of a 1938 D&RGW report on the status of its branch lines, including most of the narrow gauge. The company did not see much hope for breaking even, let alone making a profit from most of the remaining narrow gauge mileage. The return of inexpensive gasoline, the end of rubber rationing,a nd the increase of federal spending for highway improvements all were starting in 1945 and 1946. The D&RGW's trustees were just getting the company back into the black after nearly a quarter century. Given that situation, the lack of sentiment on the part of the D&RGW management is not very surprising.
The 1941 - 1948 D&RGW report on the narrow gague is equally dismal as far as future prospects for the narrow gauge. This also is available from the Colorado RR Museum.
Charlie Mutschler