Re: C&S Rotary Plow in Chama?

Might be my imagination, but that looks more like Como than Chama.

The C&S crossed/met the D&RG at Nathrop and Beuna Vista on the Tenn Pass line. They also met and interchanged at Leadville. There was a 3rd rail in place from Salida to Leadville until the late 1920's which would allow interchange to the entire D&RG system, but I understand this rarely occured. For what it's worth, they also met in Gunnison.

I believe the final NG movement on the Leadville-Salida section was about 1928 when the RGS bought a bunch of surplus C&S rolling stock that was stored in Leadville. After this movement, the Grande lifted the 3rd rail north of Salida. It was no longer needed since the C&S abandoned their isolated Romley Branch (east side of Alpine Tunnel).

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2015 01:54PM by Jason Rose.