Re: K28s on the RGS

Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Hank wrote:
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> >If K-28's were used at all on the RGS, I'd expect
> it would be on the >North end where rail was
> generally heavier....
> >
>
> Hank,
> have you ever seen or read of K-28 getting through
> the Black Canon? I guess not, so that would
> probably rule it out given that operational
> hiccup.

So bring them up to Rico from Durango. The track on that part of the RGS *was* rated for K-28's, I'm just saying that the lighter rail would have made regular *use* more likely on the North end.

> K-28's in Gunnison were used as Crested Butte
> Switcher or Passenger power, not enough to go
> around and there were spare Mudhens everywhere.

That's what I said, if you read the whole thread. The main time period under discussion here is *after* the end of the majority of D&RGW 3' gaguge passenger service (post 1940) as there were not K-28's to spare before that.

hank
> Chris
> in New Zealand