Re: Last Run of #498

CharlieMcCandless Wrote:
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> The D&RGW did not want to run any narrow
> gauge trains other than the Silverton in 1968
> but abandoned the plan early in the year.


Maybe because #476 & #478 had spent the winter of 1967-68 being shopped in Alamosa, and were needed for the Silverton Train?
D&RGW may not have wanted to run any more trains, but - aided by at least a little revenue from oilfield supplies going west and
lumber going east - that was a lot less hassle than trucking the two K-28's from Alamosa to Durango ...

See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq on the "#493-97-98 Questions" thread.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/2014 12:37PM by Russo Loco.