guymonmd Wrote:
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> Very interesting bottom photo this week. I had
> never seen one of the Uinta shays before. The
> first 2 cars in the train appear to be stock cars.
> How much stock did the Uinta carry? I thought
> they mostly carried ore.
Not ore per se, but Gilsonite*...
The Uintah was right in the heart of sheep country, so in the stock season there would be plenty of movements to and from the Rio Grande SG at Mack, as well as the commercial shearing plant at Watson.The Uintah's second largest commodity was sheep.
*Which could be considered "Oil Ore", as that's one of the products obtained from refining it...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/2011 08:42AM by D&RGW 223.