Re: This month's Trains cover

Sam Seiber Wrote:
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> Yvonne,
> You mention in your post about the D&SNG being
> historic, going back 34 years. Funny, I was
> recently thinking about the timeline of the road,
> starting around 1880 to present. The various
> D&RG(w) companies occupied the first 2/3rds of the
> road lifetime, where the C&TS (and to a slightly
> lesser extent, the D&SNG) represent the last 1/3rd
> of the total lifetime of the road. The C&TS &
> D&SNG have been around about half as long as the
> various D&RG's. At this point, the C&TS & the
> D&SNG are very much a part of the history of the
> road. I am glad both of them still can share
> their roots with the public as well.


Sam, on a related note, I recently had the realization that the K36's on the C&T have worked there LONGER than they did for the Rio Grande.

D&RG: 1925 -> 1968 = 43 years
C&TS: 1970 -> 2015 = 45 years

That's pretty neat.

Jason Rose
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