Re: A 4-6-0+0-6-4 Garratt - how many cars?

dougvv Wrote:
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> I wonder if the wood underframes of the freight
> equipment would have been up to the task?   If
> so, a single loco taking 15-25 cars up Cumbres
> is a neat idea.  Maybe a K36 as a helper?  Maybe
> 25-35 cars up Cumbres {behind one engine}?
>
> I recall a photo of 4 K37s taking a stock train
> from Sargent towards Marshall. How about it
> being handled by two 4-6-0+0-6-4 Garratts?


Sounds good to me, Doug -

IIRC, a K36 plus a K37 could handle at most only eleven loaded tank cars of Chromo Crude up Cumbres, but trains longer than 25 cars with just two engines were not uncommon - especially with mostly empties plus a few loads of lumber from Chama or Durango.  Here's a 1960 shot by Paul Orlow from Tom Gildersleeve's collection:


- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender