Re: An all-boxcar 2-engine train, Chama to Cumbres . . . 
| September 18, 2017 12:14PM |
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Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Love the all boxcar train. Would like to see the
> doubleheader up Cumbres where they can both
> work some!
The very last revenue freight over Cumbres Pass was all boxcars, Greg -
Seventeen of 'em to be exact, but it wasn't a double-header – helper #484 was cut in ahead of the caboose. Are there enough operational boxcars on the C&TS to stage a Fiftieth Anniversary re-creation next August 29th?? A somewhat bigger hurdle to overcome: the road engine was a K-37 — #498 . . .
- Roosso
p.s. See [ngdiscussion.net] for additional pics.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2017 05:17PM by Russo Loco.
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> Love the all boxcar train. Would like to see the
> doubleheader up Cumbres where they can both
> work some!
The very last revenue freight over Cumbres Pass was all boxcars, Greg -
Seventeen of 'em to be exact, but it wasn't a double-header – helper #484 was cut in ahead of the caboose. Are there enough operational boxcars on the C&TS to stage a Fiftieth Anniversary re-creation next August 29th?? A somewhat bigger hurdle to overcome: the road engine was a K-37 — #498 . . .
- Roosso
p.s. See [ngdiscussion.net] for additional pics.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2017 05:17PM by Russo Loco.
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