Re: Farmington Branch Standard Gauge power

Eugene Blabey Wrote:
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> I'm sure there's someone out there who an fill me
> in on how the Rio Grande brought in power used on
> their isolated standard gauge Farmington line. I
> presume locomotives came over from Alamosa
> partially disassembled. Were there clearance
> problems with the two tunnels and/or truss bridges
> on the Durango line. Were the standard gauge
> locomotives scrapped when the Farmington Branch
> was converted to 3 foot gauge - or were they
> brought out the same way they came in.

From a Durango newspaper...

February 5, 1905
The latest news. A broad gauge engine came in on a flat car at the stock yards.

September 7, 1905
Two broad gauge coaches, one a combination car, arrived on narrow gauge trucks last night and will be place on the broad gauge today.

Jerry Day
Longmont, Co