Re: Last Run of #498

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> 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]
> 59320 et seq on the "#493-97-98 Questions" thread.

Or they had a customer demand it be delivered by rail. I bet with rails in place at that time they would not have trucked the engines to Durango but run them light like the 473 did later that same year.

William
aka drgwk37



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2014 09:27AM by drgwk37.