Re: It's "only" 100 more miles to Chama . . . 
| January 25, 2017 03:20PM |
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dave2-8-0 Wrote:
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> Anyone else think that a SP18 and 315 double-
> header slogging up a 4% grade with 15-20 cars
> in tow would be a pretty neat sight?
A 4% grade implies that #18 will also be visiting the C&TS while she's in the neighborhood, since IIRC there's nothing that steep between Durango and Silverton. IMHO, #18 would feel right at home on the somewhat less steep grades of the East End of the C&TS, which in other respects resembles her old stomping ground between Mina and Keeler a lot more than do either the D&S or the West End of the C&TS. And once she gets to Durango, it's "only" another 100 miles or so to Chama . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Anyone else think that a SP18 and 315 double-
> header slogging up a 4% grade with 15-20 cars
> in tow would be a pretty neat sight?
A 4% grade implies that #18 will also be visiting the C&TS while she's in the neighborhood, since IIRC there's nothing that steep between Durango and Silverton. IMHO, #18 would feel right at home on the somewhat less steep grades of the East End of the C&TS, which in other respects resembles her old stomping ground between Mina and Keeler a lot more than do either the D&S or the West End of the C&TS. And once she gets to Durango, it's "only" another 100 miles or so to Chama . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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