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hank

February 22, 2008 08:37AM

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CharlieMcCandless Wrote:
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> I know that the San Juan and the Shavano cars were
> rebuilt with steam heat in the 1930s. I believe
> these train sheets occurred before this was done.
> Where the cars still heated by coal stoves or was
> there an earlier version of steam heat (sorry, no
> question mark.)

Coaches still had stoves (2 per car)

Chair (401 & 403) and Parlor (Camp Bird, Durango(2nd), Ouray, Pagosa & Silverton) had coal-fired Baker Heaters, as did the Business cars.

hank

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Cumbres train register, February 21, 1933	Jim McKee	February 21, 2008 05:30AM
Re: Cumbres train register, February 21, 1933	John Craft	February 21, 2008 05:36AM
Re: Cumbres train register, February 21, 1933	Jerry Day	February 21, 2008 08:00AM
Heating the cars	CharlieMcCandless	February 21, 2008 10:39AM
Re: Heating the cars	Jerry Day	February 21, 2008 01:51PM
Re: Heating the cars	CharlieMcCandless	February 21, 2008 05:18PM
Re: Heating the cars	george pearce	February 21, 2008 07:57PM
Re: Heating the cars	hank	February 22, 2008 08:37AM
Re: Cumbres train register, February 21, 1933	Jim McKee	February 21, 2008 03:05PM
Re: Cumbres train register, February 21, 1933	Jerry Day	February 21, 2008 03:28PM
Re: Cumbres train register, February 21, 1933	Jim McKee	February 21, 2008 03:56PM
Re: Cumbres train register, February 21, 1933	Jerry Day	February 21, 2008 06:24PM

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