Re: Clear Creek Courant: Georgetown Loop set to Roar Friday

Chris Webster Wrote:
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> The Clear Creek Courant has an article up
> describing how the Loop is expecting to home
> today. How does the maximum load of 220
> passengers per run compare to the passenger loads
> that the GLRR, Inc. locomotives are capable of
> hauling?
>

We hauled 9-car trains with approximately 360 passengers per trip. (5 trips per day.) During the last season we also operated an extra train when passenger loads required it.

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner