Re: WP&YR 02/09/1943

Sawyer463 Wrote:
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> bcp Wrote:
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> > And also blame the D&RGW for not wanting them
> > returned after they were shipped back from
> > Skagway.
> >
> > Bruce
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>
> No kidding. A similarly "Narrow Minded" buddy of
> mine that works at the local hobby shop and I once
> had a discussion as to why the RGS never picked up
> one or two of the old engines. They were pretty
> beat up by '45, and seeing as "the RGS wouldn't
> even consider buying an engine until it was on its
> deathbed" as he and I like to joke, you have to
> wonder why they didn't jump at the chance.
>
> The only one we could come up with that we
> couldn't refute logically was the light rail on
> the RGS. But I think K-28s could run on 55-lb
> rail, couldn't they?

A significant portion of the RGS was 45 lb to the end. And a greater portion had compost for ties.