Re: K28s on the RGS

pd3463 Wrote:
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> Could
> the 28s have run on the RGS at the time that the
> 27s did?

Yes, the RGS was rated by D&RGW for both K-28 and K-27 in the mid-1920's.

> The ex Crystal River locomotives were not used due
> to derailment during delivery yet I was thinking I
> saw where a C21 ran at least to Rico. If they
> couldn't be used then how were the 27s able to be
> used?

Much (by RGS standards) improvement was done ca. 1913 to 1926.
In 1916 (when D&RGW bought the CR engines) this was just getting started, the K-27's weren't regularly assigned to the RGS until the late 1920's.

K-28's were new(ish) and better than K-27's so they were used on the more important D&RGW lines than the RGS.

I would expect that if the 28's hadn't gone to Alaska they would have pushed the 27's out of service by 1950 or so.

hank