trainrider47 Wrote:
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> Michael,
>
> What part of getting something for nothing do you
> not understand? If the C&TS can ever get ahead
> on rebuilds, one of the 490's is a better
> candidate for restoration to service. That means
> the 483 is going to sit there forever. If they
> had traded it for the 478, it might be many years
> before funding was found to fix it up, but
> remember, the 463 was restored because a private
> individual provided a big chunk of the funding.
> You never know what the future will bring, but the
> dream of a San Juan with a K-28 on the point just
> might have been the ticket. Instead of something
> for nothing, we still have nothing for nothing!
>
> Michael
The word I hear from a couple of different sources is that 478 needs more than a little work. Yes, less than 483 but 478 is still "nothing" unless ridership doubles and the C&T can justify 7 locomotives. On that day I can concede that a K-28 would be handy. Maybe they'd start running a second shorter Cumbres turn with five cars or they run doubleheaders 3-4 times a week. The drool is starting.
I think long term, especially if something happens to one of the K-36 locomotives, it will be good to have 483 around as a possibility vs 478. They have begun a cosmetic restore job to hopefully prevent any further deterioration.
We can only hope that something like this (or worse) never happens again...
By: John West [
chasingtrains.smugmug.com]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2016 02:41PM by michael.