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Jerry Day

July 19, 2003 07:28AM

They drag the rotary backwards at the end of a train. They have to have enough cars in the train to provide braking power. The reason they do it that was is that a rotary does not have a good view of the track ahead and it would have to be live in order to power the whistles, etc.
In 1955, the D&RGW was supposed to drag Rotary 00 over Marshall Pass to Salida for use on the Alamosa to Durango line (to replace OM). The trainmaster was afraid of hauling it over the pass. According to Bob Richardson, the trainmaster claimed there were not enough cars to give it braking power. It was left behind and never brought out and was scrapped. It is unlikely that the D&RGW would have kept three rotaries and OM probably would have been scrapped.

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Some pix of Chama PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:36PM
Cold and snow PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:39PM
The morning after PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:42PM
Heading west in the snow 1961 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:45PM
Chama yard from the tank 1963 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:48PM
Tank car loading rack 1963 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:51PM
Chama yard looking east 1962 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:53PM
Re: Chama yard looking west 1967 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 09:57PM
Loading coal 1967 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 10:01PM
Getting ready to go west 1967 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 10:03PM
Passing the sawmill 1963 PIC	John West	July 17, 2003 10:09PM
Re: Passing the sawmill 1963	Douglas vV	July 18, 2003 07:07AM
Thanks John	roger hogan	July 18, 2003 09:02AM
Re: Passing the sawmill 1963	Ted Miles	July 18, 2003 10:20AM
Re: Passing the sawmill 1963 LINK	John Kelly (K-36 487)	July 18, 2003 10:34AM
Re: Loading coal 1967	Charlie Mutschler	July 17, 2003 10:22PM
Re: Loading coal 1967	John F. Campbell	July 18, 2003 10:34AM
Re: Chama yard looking west 1967	douten	July 18, 2003 10:05AM
OM in Yard?	Josh McNeal	July 18, 2003 11:25AM
Re: OM in Yard?	Jerry Day	July 18, 2003 12:00PM
Re: OM in Yard?	Josh McNeal	July 18, 2003 01:01PM
Re: OM in Yard?	Jerry Day	July 18, 2003 01:13PM
Re: OM in Yard?	Mike Trent	July 18, 2003 03:08PM
Thanks for info, what else was in Chama?	Josh McNeal	July 18, 2003 06:21PM
Re: Thanks for info, what else was in Chama?	Mike Trent	July 18, 2003 06:41PM
Re: Thanks for info, what else was in Chama?	Jerry Day	July 19, 2003 07:28AM
More rotary questions	Josh McNeal	July 19, 2003 01:57PM
Re: More rotary questions	Jerry Day	July 19, 2003 02:40PM
Re: OM & OY	WP&Ymike	July 19, 2003 12:05PM
Re: OM & OY	Mike Trent	July 19, 2003 12:57PM
WP&YR #1	WP&Ymike	July 19, 2003 01:25PM
Re: WP&YR #1	Gavin Hamilton	July 19, 2003 05:35PM
Swiss rotary LINK	Don Newing	July 20, 2003 02:15AM
Re: Swiss rotary	Chris Mueller	July 20, 2003 12:08PM
Re: Swiss rotary PIC	Chris Mueller	July 20, 2003 12:30PM
Re: Swiss rotary PIC	Chris Mueller	July 20, 2003 12:31PM
Re: Swiss rotary PIC	Chris Mueller	July 20, 2003 12:34PM
Re: Swiss rotary	Gavin Hamilton	July 20, 2003 12:45PM
Re: Swiss rotary - details	Gavin Hamilton	July 21, 2003 11:59AM
Re: OM & OY slight corrections....	Earl	July 20, 2003 10:48PM
Re: Chama yard looking east 1962	Floppo	July 17, 2003 10:00PM
Yes thank you! NM	Kevin Bush	July 17, 2003 10:08PM
Re: Chama yard looking east 1962	Kevin Bush	July 17, 2003 10:12PM
Wow! NM	Kevin Bush	July 17, 2003 09:50PM
Ditto! NM	Herb Kelsey	July 17, 2003 11:36PM
Re: Some pix of Chama	Tom Peterman	July 18, 2003 06:59AM
Re: Some pix	Dave S.	July 18, 2003 10:17AM
Re: Some pix of Chama	Jason Stephens	July 18, 2003 05:38PM
ditto NM	Josh McNeal	July 19, 2003 01:50PM

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