K-37 builds

kcsivils Wrote:
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> Today, with the lack of huge shop crews and the
> supporting infrastructure, a major rebuild takes
> months if not years to complete on a steam
> locomotive.
>
> I've seen a video of an English railroad shopping
> a locomotive in five days - total rebuild.
>
> At it's peek, how quick could the Grande turn
> around a locomotive for a complete rebuild?
>
> When Baldwin, Alco, etc, were at their peek, how
> quickly could they from start to scratch, less
> design time, build a locomotive once the order was
> placed?

It took the Grande on average 2 months to build the K-37's once the C-41 was retired. I've attached a partial snip from a sheet compiled by Jackson Thode on the K-37's for 492. All the K-37's made there first trip out of Alamosa and made their debuts in sequential number order.


William
aka drgwk37



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/2017 08:06AM by drgwk37.