Re: Thanks Jerry !!
| January 03, 2010 11:25AM |
k28drgw Wrote:
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> I wonder why the 28's were last to get them.
> Hmmmm. More then likely cause the others were
> freight shackers.LOL
This is pure speculation on my part, but I think the D&RGw was planning to replace a number of the K27s with K28s as passenger and mixed trains were dropped (Shavano and the Chili Line). I think if the K28s had not gone to Alaska, most of the K27s would have gone earlier. The RGS had even discussed K28s there.
After the Shavano was dropped, the 472 and 479 were moved to freight service and used as helper on Monarch and Poncha Pass.
Jerry Day
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> I wonder why the 28's were last to get them.
> Hmmmm. More then likely cause the others were
> freight shackers.LOL
This is pure speculation on my part, but I think the D&RGw was planning to replace a number of the K27s with K28s as passenger and mixed trains were dropped (Shavano and the Chili Line). I think if the K28s had not gone to Alaska, most of the K27s would have gone earlier. The RGS had even discussed K28s there.
After the Shavano was dropped, the 472 and 479 were moved to freight service and used as helper on Monarch and Poncha Pass.
Jerry Day
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