hank Wrote:
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> Jimmy Blouch Wrote:
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> > I am also a little leery about auxiliary
> tenders
> > on the Valley Line.
> > Equipment roster for 1949 does not list any
> narrow
> > gauge auxiliary tenders.
> >
> One of the idler cars was actually a former C-16
> tender and was used out of Alamosa at the end. You
> can see it in several RW Richardson photos.
> hank
W488 was a dual gauge idler--this is the one pictured. Also, W499 was used as an idler a lot on the Valley line.
William
aka drgwk37