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CharlieMcCandless

November 30, 2012 07:10AM

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The CF&I stel mill in Pueblo took a lot of the coal. When the Allan Mine opened west of Trinidad the end was spelled for the Gunnison narrow gauge.
The standard gauge coal train north from Trinidad usually had about 40 cars on the daily trip, pulled by a couple of GPs in the early years. That just shows how much better the standard gauge was at handling bulk commodities. It helped that the standard gauge train didn't have to go over Marshall Pass.

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Alamosa November 29 1940	Jimmy Blouch	November 29, 2012 02:14PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	Jim McKee	November 29, 2012 03:22PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	Jimmy Blouch	November 29, 2012 03:40PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	Fred Folk	November 29, 2012 03:39PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	Jimmy Blouch	November 29, 2012 03:44PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	Hank Porter	November 29, 2012 03:57PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	Jimmy Blouch	November 29, 2012 05:39PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	CharlieMcCandless	November 29, 2012 04:23PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	Mark Yeamans	November 29, 2012 11:51PM
Re: Alamosa November 29 1940	CharlieMcCandless	November 30, 2012 07:10AM

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