Herb Kelsey Wrote:
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> The 2-8-0 plows were narrower at the bottom than
> the K-27 plows. The latter were squared off on
> the sides to clear cylinders and valve gear.
> Several C's and T's had plows in the thirties of
> the small butterfly type on both the RGS and the
> D&RGW. RGS T-19's 22 and 25 and C-19 40 come to
> mind as does the D&RGW T-12 169 and C-19's 344
> and347.
>
> The RGS Galloping Geese were also fitted with
> butterfly plows as well. This kept the snow
> cleared daily just like the Rio Grande passenger
> trains but they were not effective in any heavy
> snow. Anything above six or so inches would
> require a locomotive to 'break trail' for them.
Okay so if they are diffrent plows that just adds to my question of what happened to the plows? Both 41 and 42 survived and what happened with the plow that was on 464? How much was this locomotive used after 51? Did it ever leave Durango? There is a picture of it in one of my books by the roundhouse in Durango in 59 in pretty bad shape with no plow. Did did the plow just get up and walk away? All the other surviving K class locomotives have plows what happened to all the rest of them?
scrap?
Examples of geese plows