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guymonmd

July 16, 2010 04:40PM

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For years the D&RGW and the C&TS have only sent a single loco across the 2 bridges (trestles) at a time. They have either spaced them in the train so that only 1 loco is on the bridge at a time or they uncupple the lead loco, send it across first and then have the second cross the bridge with the train.
I can not comment on who came up with the directive but I believe it was because they did not believe th bridges (trestles) could handle the weight of 2 large locos at the same time.

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What do you mean, no K class doubles!	pd3463	July 16, 2010 05:31AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Donald Foster	July 16, 2010 03:26PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Brian Norden	July 16, 2010 08:58PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	pd3463	July 17, 2010 05:35AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Donald Foster	July 17, 2010 06:16AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	guymonmd	July 16, 2010 04:40PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	pd3463	July 16, 2010 04:53PM
Background	Mike Trent	July 17, 2010 06:53AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Jerry Day	July 17, 2010 09:30AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	CharlieMcCandless	July 17, 2010 11:27AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	rehunn	July 17, 2010 12:15PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Russo Loco	July 21, 2010 09:40AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Mike Trent	July 17, 2010 02:55PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Jimmy Blouch	July 17, 2010 04:05PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	pd3463	July 17, 2010 04:16PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Mike Trent	July 17, 2010 06:54PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Jerry Day	July 17, 2010 07:08PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Mike Trent	July 17, 2010 07:58PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Jerry Day	July 20, 2010 11:07AM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	Donald Foster	July 18, 2010 07:19AM
Why the list at all?	hank	July 18, 2010 09:52AM
Tradition and trivia	John West	July 18, 2010 01:37PM
Re: Tradition and trivia	Dirk Ramsey	July 18, 2010 09:43PM
Re: Tradition and trivia	Russo Loco	July 21, 2010 03:27PM
Re: Tradition and trivia	Earl	July 21, 2010 03:57PM
Re: What do you mean, no K class doubles!	SoCalCond	July 21, 2010 05:06PM

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