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Chris Walker

November 08, 2017 08:47PM

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Wade Hall who co-wrote the Trails Among the Columbine 93/94 issue on the Monarch stated he had never seen any pictures of -27's on the Branch. The large limestone quarry was the reason the line was upgraded in the late 1920's, traffic was minimal prior to that, most loads would have been downhill and the Grande had plenty of 2-8-0's needing work.

The tramway trestle visible in Dave Grandt's picture is of the Eclipse Mining operation which produced limestone for smelters and sugar refining. Note the first C has round domes, could only be 340, 341 or 342.

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Rotary on the Silverton Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 10:00AM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	davegrandt	November 08, 2017 11:59AM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2017 02:50PM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 04:54PM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 05:06PM
Re: Early Monarch operations and the rotary	John K	November 08, 2017 08:27PM
Re: Early Monarch operations and the rotary	Chris Walker	November 08, 2017 08:47PM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	TonyK375	November 08, 2017 09:39PM
Re: Rotary on the Silverton Branch	Tomstp	November 08, 2017 12:41PM
Re: Rotary on the Silverton Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 04:52PM
Re: Rotary on the Silverton Branch	Herb Kelsey	November 09, 2017 01:57AM

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