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Jimmy Blouch
December 22, 2012 09:48PM
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Why did they have to run two trains to Ridgway? It seems like X318 would have been able to handle 10 loads and 13 empties ( for the two combined train loads going to Ridgway) as she was good for 460 tons Montrose to Ridgway. Were the 8 loads that X 464 was hauling back to Montrose the CCC special off the RGS thus requiring the extra train? It seems to have terminated at Montrose as you don’t show any CCC train moving beyond Montrose but perhaps they transferred to standard gauge at that point. I am still trying to figure out where the passenger cars came from if this was a CCC special. You show two dead head coaches # 302/ 304 moved to Durango on the 19th and then back out on the San Juan on Friday Dec 20th but nothing equivalent on the North end of the RGS at Ridgway other than the "second hand coach #297" moved on the 16th. Perhaps the 8 loads were CCC equipment moving but again why couldn’t the X 318 have handled it since it was only 20 minutes behind the X464 and now running as a caboose hop?

There is a refernce to transfer CCC at Montrose, which would indicate transfer to standard gauge.
My thought as to the need for two trains would be in regard to connecting schedules. I believe the plan was to move the CCC from Ridgway to Montrose in time to make the standard gauge passenger train connection at Montrose. Obviously this did not happen as extra 464 waited at Ridgway 3 hours and 40 minutes for the RGS to arrive. As a result the standard guage passenger train was also delayed. I would need to review material to determine if that is what in fact took place.
No information was provided as to what narrow gauge equipent was used. For subsequent days there does not appear to be any reverse move of equipment being returned to the RGS.

Jimmy
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