Re: Crews and the 460

Jerry474 Wrote:
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> Following is from some interviews I did with Frank
> Wright. Frank was D&RGW engineer and fireman from
> 1915 to 1970. He was fireman on 318 on the last
> run to Ouray and was engineers on the last D&RGW
> run of 268 to Sapinero and return in 1954.
>
> I did the interviews with him before 463 was
> running again.
>
> I sure wish you could have seen and heard a
> mudhen, especially after they superheated them and
> gave them walschearts valve gear. When you had
> three of them on a train going up Cerro Hill they
> sure made music.
>
> The mudhens, after they superheated them and gave
> them piston valves, Walchearts gear, they were
> best engines pound for pound that I ever worked
> on. Before they superheated them, you could put 9
> tons of coal thru one from Gunnison to Sargents.
>
> Jerry
> How were the 470's?
>
> Wright:
> They were good engines. I didn't like them as well
> as a mudhen. The 480's, 490's were all good
> engines.
> The 490s were wonderful engines in the snow. They
> were so heavy they didn't slip much. You could
> buck now!


Jerry this is priceless information! Thanks.

William
aka drgwk37