Re: RGS trackage

hank Wrote:
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> rehunn Wrote:
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> > Really optimistic schedule on the RGS too,
>
> Remember in 1933 the RGS trackage was in better
> shape than it was later on. The D&RGW had
> maintained it to a better level, for example
> treated ties instead of untreated, than the
> recivers did. From 1930 on the RGS got a little
> worse each year with the effects becoming really
> noticable by the late 1930's when the fans started
> to arrive.
>
> hank


Even if the RGS track was top condition, 2 hours 45 minutes from Durango to Ridgeway does not seem realistic to me. The letter suggested leaving Durango at 9 AM and arriving in Ridgeway at 11:45 AM